{"id": 1207991, "name": "Mean product lifetime (years)", "unit": "years", "createdAt": "2026-03-10T10:33:50.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-03-10T10:33:50.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "2015-2015", "datasetId": 7730, "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "mean_product_lifetime__years", "catalogPath": "grapher/plastic_waste/2018-01-01/plastic_product_lifetime__production__waste_by_source__geyer_et_al__2017/plastic_product_lifetime__production__waste_by_source__geyer_et_al__2017#mean_product_lifetime__years", "type": "float", "datasetName": "Plastic product lifetime, production, waste by source - Geyer et al. (2017)", "datasetVersion": "2018-01-01", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "years"}, "schemaVersion": 1, "presentation": {}, "source": {"id": 31492, "name": "Plastic product lifetime, production, waste by source - Geyer et al. (2017)", "dataPublishedBy": "Geyer, R., Jambeck, J. R., & Law, K. L. (2017). Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made. Science Advances, 3(7), e1700782.", "dataPublisherSource": "", "link": "http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/7/e1700782", "retrievedDate": "2026-03-10", "additionalInfo": "Data is given as mean product lifetimes of plastic products (measured in years), plastic production, and plastic waste by industrial sector/use (measured in tonnes per year).\n\nData is also given for primary production and plastic waste by polymer type. Polymer types are as follows:\n- LDPE: Low-density polyethylene\n- HDPE: High-density polyethylene\n- PP: Polypropylene\n- PS: Polystyrene\n- PVC: Polyvinyl chloride\n- PET: Polyethylene terephthalate\n- PUT: Polyurethanes\n- PP&A fibres: polyester, polyamide, and acrylic fibres\n- Other polymers\n- Additives"}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2015}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 37784, "name": "Building and Construction", "code": null}, {"id": 37786, "name": "Consumer & Institutional Products", "code": null}, {"id": 37785, "name": "Electrical/Electronic", "code": null}, {"id": 37787, "name": "Industrial Machinery", "code": null}, {"id": 117067, "name": "Other sectors", "code": null}, {"id": 37782, "name": "Packaging", "code": null}, {"id": 37231, "name": "Textiles", "code": null}, {"id": 37783, "name": "Transportation", "code": null}]}}, "origins": []}