{"id":1207991,"name":"Mean product lifetime (years)","unit":"years","createdAt":"2026-03-10T10:33:50.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T09:17:31.000Z","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","dataChecksum":"14800721861715873884","metadataChecksum":"-6396099097452523575","datasetName":"Plastic product lifetime, production, waste by source - Geyer et al. (2017)","datasetVersion":"2018-01-01","nonRedistributable":false,"display":{"unit":"years"},"schemaVersion":2,"presentation":{},"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":[{"id":14620,"title":"Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made","description":"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","producer":"Geyer et al.","citationFull":"Geyer, R., Jambeck, J. R., & Law, K. L. (2017). Production, use, and fate of all plastics ever made. Science Advances, 3(7), e1700782.","urlMain":"http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/7/e1700782","dateAccessed":"2018-01-01","datePublished":"2017"}]}