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Environmental Protection Agency. (January 23, 2021). Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 21, 2021, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228171/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. January 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 21, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228171/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 21, 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228171/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Total Volume of Plastic Containers and Packaging Municipal Solid Waste Generated in The United States from 1960 to 2018* (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228171/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation/
Environmental Protection Agency, Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228171/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation/ (last visited June 21, 2021)
