plastic packaging waste in 2018.
The volume of plastic packaging in the United States municipal solid waste stream has increased considerably since it first became commercially used more than 50 years ago. One of the most common forms of plastic packaging waste is PET bottles and jars. Between 2000 and 2018, the annual volume of PET bottles and jars waste generated in the U.S. increased by more than 80 percent, from 1.72 million tons to 3.13 million tons.
The U.S. generated a total of 14.53 million tons of Total volume of plastic containers and packaging MSW generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018, by product* (in 1,000 tons)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (January 23, 2021). Total volume of plastic containers and packaging MSW generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018, by product* (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 03, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229615/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation-by-product/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Total volume of plastic containers and packaging MSW generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018, by product* (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. January 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed June 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229615/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation-by-product/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). Total volume of plastic containers and packaging MSW generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018, by product* (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 03, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229615/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation-by-product/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Total Volume of Plastic Containers and Packaging Msw Generated in The United States from 1960 to 2018, by Product* (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229615/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation-by-product/
Environmental Protection Agency, Total volume of plastic containers and packaging MSW generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018, by product* (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229615/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation-by-product/ (last visited June 03, 2023)
Total volume of plastic containers and packaging MSW generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018, by product* (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, January 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229615/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation-by-product/