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Demand for plastic versus plastic waste collected by sector in 2018

Figure Created 30 Nov 2022 Published 12 Dec 2022 Last modified 30 Nov 2022

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Topics: Resource efficiency and waste

Collection rates for plastic waste from most non-packaging sources are lower than rates for waste from the packaging sector. This is likely to be the result of the longer lifetime of non-packaging items, which leads to a build-up in homes and businesses of non-packaging plastic stocks-both of products in use and of those no longer in use, but kept in storage.

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Methodology:: Data collected by the Circular Plastics Alliance (a European Commission-led initiative under the European Strategy for Plastics)
Units:: Million tonnes
Rights:: EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: European Environment Agency (EEA).
Owners:: European Environment Agency (EEA)
Processors:: ETC Circular economy and resource use (ETC CE)
Figure type:: Graph

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