Global Plastic Production (with projections, 1950 to 2060)

Global Plastic Production (with projections, 1950 to 2060)
graph from Our World in Data; slow reveal by Kenneth Hamilton

(Slide Deck includes notes and questions to elicit discourse)

Type of Graph: line graph

Visualization Source: “Data Page: Global plastics production”, part of the following publication: Hannah Ritchie, Veronika Samborska and Max Roser (2023) – “Plastic Pollution”. Data adapted from Geyer et al., OECD. Retrieved from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-plastics-production [online resource]

Data Source: Geyer et al. (2017); OECD (2022) – with major processing by Our World in Data. “Global plastics production” [dataset]. Geyer et al., “Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made”; OECD, “Global Plastics Outlook – Plastics use by application” [original data]. Retrieved June 4, 2024 from https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-plastics-production

Potential Math Content: line graph, estimating values, slope, large numbers, noticing trends, meaning of individual points

Potential Content Connections: plastic, consumption

Sustainable Development Goal(s):
#12 – Responsible consumption and production