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2. Plastic recycling - Wikipedia

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   Approximately 6.3 Bt of this was discarded as waste, of which around 79% accumulated in landfills or the natural environment, 12% was incinerated, and 9% was recycled - only ~1% of all plastic has been recycled more than once. [6] More recently, as of 2017, still only 9% of the 9 Bt of plastic produced was recycled. [38] [39]

3. Recycling - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 December 2024. Converting waste materials into new products This article is about recycling of waste materials. For recycling of waste energy, see Energy recycling. "Recycled" redirects here. For the album, see Recycled (Nektar album). The three chasing arrows of the universal recycling symbol ...

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5. Recycling by material - Wikipedia

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   From the start of plastic production through to 2015, the world produced around 6.3 billion tonnes of plastic waste, only 9% of which has been recycled and only ~1% has been recycled more than once. [27] Of the remaining waste, 12% was incinerated and 79% was either sent to landfills or lost to the environment as pollution. [27]

6. Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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   In 2018 more than 343 million tonnes of plastic waste were generated, 90% of which was composed of post-consumer plastic waste (industrial, agricultural, commercial and municipal plastic waste). The rest was pre-consumer waste from resin production and manufacturing of plastic products (e.g. materials rejected due to unsuitable colour, hardness ...

7. Plastic - Wikipedia

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   Of all the plastic discarded so far, some 14% has been incinerated and less than 10% has been recycled. [2] In developed economies, about a third of plastic is used in packaging and roughly the same in buildings in applications such as piping, plumbing or vinyl siding. [4] Other uses include automobiles (up to 20% plastic [4]), furniture, and ...