Manufactured is probably less important than where it is consumed and disposed of. We know the Philippines take in recycling from the rest of the world as they

Manufactured is probably less important than where it is consumed and disposed of. We know the Philippines take in recycling from the rest of the world as they had a diplomatic spat with Canada over being send household waste rather than recyclables. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/trash-talk-philippines-reveals-waste-trails-southeast-asia https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/trash-talk-phi... The data point that the Yangtze, Xi, and Huangpu rivers are no longer the biggest sources can be simply attributed to China banning the import of recyclable plastic; it now likely goes to the Philippines and Malaysia instead.