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Plastic packaging waste stream in the United Kingdom in 2019 (in million metric tons)

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June 2022

Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

2019

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Excludes plastics from construction and demolition activities

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Plastic packaging waste recycling stream in the UK 2019

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Aug 23, 2022
On average, *** million metric tons of plastic packaging is placed on the market (POM) in the UK each year, of which roughly *** million metric tons is collected for recycling. Of this total, *** million metric tons comes from UK households. More than ** percent of household plastic packaging waste collected for recycling goes in the co-mingled recycling stream. Co-mingled recycling is the system in which dry mixed recyclable items, such as plastics, metals, and papers, are mixed into a single collection truck. The amount of plastic packaging waste collected separately, such as through plastic bag collection points, is far lower.
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