4. Italy
$2.6 billion
3.9% of Total Exports
Italy ranks 4th in our list of countries that export the most plastic in the world. It is home to some of the world’s most prominent brands. From the chic eyewear of Luxottica, the world’s largest eyewear brand, and Indesit, a home appliances company, to the seemingly endless list of fashion brands ranging from Gucci and Prada to Versace and Armani. All of these products, in some capacity or another, require plastic in their production. Be it a box used to store and ship dried Barilla pasta, to the plastic, translucent bags that encase the hottest new designer item. Even the eyewear produced at Luxottica relies on frames that are almost always made of plastic. This massive reliance on plastic-based products makes it no mystery that Italy is one of the foremost countries that produce the most plastic in the world.
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