{"id": 1207143, "name": "Imported recycled waste (tonnes)", "unit": "tonnes", "createdAt": "2026-03-06T11:06:29.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-03-06T11:06:29.000Z", "coverage": "", "timespan": "2010-2016", "datasetId": 7583, "columnOrder": 0, "shortName": "imported_recycled_waste__tonnes", "catalogPath": "grapher/plastic_waste/2018-08-01/plastic_imports_by_china__and__impact_of_ban__brooks_et_al__2018/plastic_imports_by_china__and__impact_of_ban__brooks_et_al__2018#imported_recycled_waste__tonnes", "type": "int", "datasetName": "Plastic imports by China & impact of ban - Brooks et al. (2018)", "datasetVersion": "2018-08-01", "nonRedistributable": false, "display": {"unit": "tonnes"}, "schemaVersion": 1, "presentation": {}, "source": {"id": 31303, "name": "Plastic imports by China & impact of ban - Brooks et al. (2018)", "dataPublishedBy": "Brooks, A. L., Wang, S., & Jambeck, J. R. (2018). The Chinese import ban and its impact on global plastic waste trade. Science Advances, 4(6), eaat0131.", "dataPublisherSource": "", "link": "http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/4/6/eaat0131", "retrievedDate": "2026-03-05", "additionalInfo": "Data represents two series related to Chinese plastic waste:\n\n- the estimated quantity of domestic waste generation, imported recycled waste, and total plastic waste to manage, measured in tonnes per year (from 2010 to 2016).\n\n- the projected cumulative quantity of plastic waste displaced as a result of the Chinese plastic imported ban (over the period 2018-2030). This is shown under scenarios of a 100%, 75% or 50% Chinese ban on plastic waste imports."}, "dimensions": {"years": {"values": [{"id": 2010}, {"id": 2011}, {"id": 2012}, {"id": 2013}, {"id": 2014}, {"id": 2015}, {"id": 2016}]}, "entities": {"values": [{"id": 171, "name": "China", "code": "CHN"}]}}, "origins": []}