How many plastic water bottles are in landfills?
- How many plastic water bottles are in landfills?
More than 60 million plastic bottles end up in landfills and incinerators every day – a total of about 22 billion last year.
- How many plastic bottles end up in the ocean?
How many plastic bottles are in the ocean? The number of plastic bottles in the sea is unknown, but over 250 billion were not recycled. Around 8-9 million metric tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. That's the equivalent of a garbage truck emptying plastic into the ocean every single minute.