Includes plastics based on fossil fuels, recycled materials, bio-based and chemically recycled plastics, bio-attributed plastics, and raw materials from carbon-captured utilization
Polyethylene is the most applied plastics type in Germany. In 2023, around **** million metric tons of this polymer were used. Other commonly used plastics types include PP and PVC.
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