Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery in the United States from 1980 to 2018*
(in 1,000 tons)
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Waste combusted with energy recovery in thousand tons
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The total volume of plastic containers and packaging MSW combusted with energy recovery in the United States was **** million tons in 2018. This represented approximately ** percent of plastic containers and packaging waste generated that year.
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Environmental Protection Agency. (January 23, 2021). Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery in the United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/1228220/us-plastics-packaging-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery in the United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. January 23, 2021. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /statistics/1228220/us-plastics-packaging-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery in the United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 31, 2026. /statistics/1228220/us-plastics-packaging-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Total Volume of Plastic Containers and Packaging Municipal Solid Waste Combusted with Energy Recovery in The United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 Tons)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 23 Jan 2021, /statistics/1228220/us-plastics-packaging-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery/
Environmental Protection Agency, Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery in the United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1228220/us-plastics-packaging-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery/ (last visited July 31, 2026)
Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery in the United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, January 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1228220/us-plastics-packaging-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery/
