In 2021, Spain incinerated roughly * metric tons of plastic waste, down from over ** metric tons a year earlier. Despite the year-over-year decrease, plastic waste incineration in the Mediterranean country saw a growth of more than 25-fold since 2015. Incineration accounted for roughly ten percent of plastic waste generated in Spain that year.
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