Alternate Strategies for Conversion of Waste Plastic to Fuels

Table 1

Plastics consumption, by major world areas, in kg and GNI dollars per capita.

Main world areas	Plastics consumption, 000s tons	Population millions	Kg/capita	GNI/capita
Europe W, C, and E	40 000	450	90	18 000
Eurasia, Russia, and others	4 000	285	14	1 600
North America	45 000	310	145	32 000
Latin America	11 000	500	22	3 500
Middle East, including TR	4 000	200	20	2 500
Africa, North and South	2 500	190	13	2 000
Other Africa	500	610	<1	300
China	19 000	1285	14	800
India	4 000	1025	4	450
Japan	11 000	125	90	35 000
Other Asia Pacific, rest	13 000	1120	11	600
Total world	154 000	6 100	25	5 200