5. France
$2.5 billion
3.5% of Total Exports
You know that you’re producing a lot of plastic when your government institutes a ban on all plastic cups, plates, and cutlery. Such was the case for France, the number 5 in our list of countries that export the most plastic in the world, in late 2016, when the country rolled out ambitious environmentally-conscious regulations to ensure that such products are compostable by 2020. With an overall industry value of $22.2 billion as of 2015, however, there is certainly no shortage of other plastic products coming out of the country’s factories, including the packaging use for the famed L’Occitane cosmetic line.
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