R/datasets.R

In LiamDBailey/NatGeoDataViz: Data visualisation challenge on plastic pollution for National Geographic.

#' Names of plastic resins and sector types
#'
#' Standard names for each plastic resin and sector type
#' used in Geyer et al. 2017.
#' @format A list with 2 items.
#' \describe{
#'   \item{plastics}{Standard names of plastic resin types.}
#'   \item{sectors}{Standard names of industry sectors.}
#'   }
#'@name standard_names
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#' Data extracted from Geyer et al. 2017
#'
#' Useful data extracted from Geyer et al. 2017.
#' @format A list with 4 items.
#' \describe{
#'   \item{total_plastic}{A data frame with total global plastic production from 1950 - 2015.}
#'   \item{sectors_waste}{A data frame with 2015 plastic production and plastic waste generation per industry sector.}
#'   \item{plastics_waste}{A data frame with 2015 plastic production and plastic waste generation per plastic resin type.}
#'   \item{sectors_plastic}{Proportion of plastic resin types used in each industry sector between 2002 - 2014.}
#'   }
#'@name standard_names
NULL