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Jan 20, 2025 | 
kleanindustries.com | Rosey Eason
The United States, the world’s largest plastic polluter, recycles a mere 5% of its household plastic waste. Around the world, the situation is slightly better, but a staggering 91% of plastic waste is still incinerated, landfilled, or mismanaged (e.g. dumped into the ocean). The graphic above, by Rosey Eason, using OECD data (via Our World in Data), paints a clear picture of the situation.
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Jan 18, 2025 | 
cryptonews.bizlim.com | Rosey Eason
The United States, the world’s largest plastic polluter, recycles a mere 5% of its household plastic waste. Around the world, the situation is slightly better, but a staggering 91% of plastic waste is still incinerated, landfilled, or mismanaged (e.g. dumped into the ocean). As Visual Capitalist's Nick Routley details below, the graphic below, by Rosey Eason, using OECD data (via Our World in Data), paints a clear picture of the situation.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Nick Routley |Rosey Eason
How Much of the World’s Plastic Waste Actually Gets Recycled? This was originally posted on our Voronoi app. Download the app for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. The United States, the world’s largest plastic polluter, recycles a mere 5% of its household plastic waste.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Ryan Bellefontaine |Rosey Eason
In order to meet the 1.5°C trajectory outlined in the Paris Agreement, the world will need 380 GW of cumulative offshore wind capacity by 2030, expanding to 2,000 GW by 2050. But can it be achieved? The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) projects the upcoming offshore wind installations for each region in their Global Offshore Wind Report 2024.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
decarbonization.visualcapitalist.com | Ryan Bellefontaine |Zack Aboulazm |Jennifer West |Rosey Eason
In order to meet the 1.5°C trajectory outlined in the Paris Agreement, the world will need 380 GW of offshore cumulative wind capacity by 2030, expanding to 2,000 GW by 2050. But can it be achieved? The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) projects the upcoming offshore wind installations for each region in their Global Offshore Wind Report 2024.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Ryan Bellefontaine |Rosey Eason
According to the International Energy Agency, 1300 GW of battery storage will be needed by 2030 to support the renewable energy capacity required to meet the 1.5°C global warming target. But how close is the world to reaching that target? The Energy Institute’s annual Statistical Review of World Energy reveals the grid storage battery capacity of every country in 2023.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
decarbonization.visualcapitalist.com | Ryan Bellefontaine |Zack Aboulazm |Rosey Eason
According to the International Energy Agency, 1,300 GW of battery storage will be needed by 2030 to support the renewable energy capacity required to meet the 1.5°C global warming target. But how close is the world to reaching that target? The Energy Institute’s annual Statistical Review of World Energy reveals the grid storage battery capacity of every country in 2023.
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Oct 16, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Ryan Bellefontaine |Selin Oguz |Rosey Eason
Data in this visualization comes from the 2024 Annual Utility Decarbonization Report In 2022, natural gas accounted for one-third of U.S. total primary energy consumption, equivalent to roughly 32.3 trillion cubic feet. Natural gas is often touted as a transition fuel on the road to net zero by 2050. But as the U.S. transitions from natural gas to carbon-free energy, which gas utilities are the largest?
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
visualcapitalist.com | Ryan Bellefontaine |Rosey Eason
In 2023, most carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) capacity came from only two countries, which captured 33 million metric tons combined. However, according to the IEA, we must remove one billion metric tons of carbon annually to reach the net zero target by 2050.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
decarbonization.visualcapitalist.com | Ryan Bellefontaine |Zack Aboulazm |Jennifer West |Rosey Eason
Since 2021, another 40 countries have established climate goals for 2030. However, the path to net zero remains uneven. With average national warming already 1.81°C above pre-industrial levels, the international pressure for countries to cut emissions faster and deeper is mounting. So where do countries stand today on their targets? We’ve partnered with the National Public Utilities Council to answer just this question, using the latest national emission target data from Net Zero Tracker.
