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Share of global plastic waste management 2019-2060, by method
Recycling accounted for **** percent of global plastic waste management in 2019, and is projected to account for ** percent by 2060. Despite this growth, landfilling will remain the largest waste management category for plastic waste over the next four decades, at roughly ** percent.
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