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Malaysia: how many tonnes of imported plastic waste per read?

549tonnes per view

Malaysia

Malaysia

Weight of the plastic waste imported by Malaysia in 2022, set against the reads of the English Wikipedia article Plastic pollution on 12 September 2024.

352,809tonnesPlastic waste imported by Malaysia (2022)
643viewsViews of the Plastic pollution page (12 September 2024)

352,809 tonnes of plastic waste imported in 2022, 643 reads about its pollution: 549 tonnes per read. Only the tonnes go through customs.

Observation
Plastic waste imported by Malaysia (2022)
352,809 tonnes
Views of the Plastic pollution page (12 September 2024)
643 views

Method

Imports of Malaysia under code 3915 of the Harmonized System (waste, parings and scrap, of plastics), all partners, year 2022, net weight declared to Comtrade expressed in tonnes: 352,809. Human views (agent 'user') of the Plastic pollution article on en.wikipedia.org on 12 September 2024: 643. Quotient of the former by the latter.

Source

Nature

Cross-reading

Two real, sourced values with no connection, set against each other. Each is exact. Their quotient has no known use.

Confidence

Medium

See also

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