plastic waste each year.
The United States generated 14.53 million tons of plastic containers and packaging in the municipal solid waste stream in 2018. The annual amount of plastic containers and packaging waste generated in the U.S. has roughly doubled since 1990. The U.S. generates more than 30 million tons of Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons)
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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 27, 2022, 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 27, 2022. 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 27, 2022. 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 27, 2022)