More than 8.5 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in the United States contained LDPE/LLDPE materials in 2018. This was the most abundant plastic resin found in the U.S. MSW stream that year. The second most abundant resin was PP (polypropylene). In total, plastic waste generation in the U.S. totaled 35.7 million tons in 2018.
Total plastic municipal solid waste generated in the United States in 2018, by resin
(in 1,000 tons)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (January 23, 2021). Total plastic municipal solid waste generated in the United States in 2018, by resin (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 01, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228812/us-plastic-waste-generation-by-resin/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Total plastic municipal solid waste generated in the United States in 2018, by resin (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. January 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 01, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228812/us-plastic-waste-generation-by-resin/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). Total plastic municipal solid waste generated in the United States in 2018, by resin (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 01, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228812/us-plastic-waste-generation-by-resin/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Total Plastic Municipal Solid Waste Generated in The United States in 2018, by Resin (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228812/us-plastic-waste-generation-by-resin/
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