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Plastic waste generation in the European Union (EU-28) 2015, by type
Plastic waste generation in the European Union (EU-28) in 2015, by type
by Ian Tiseo,
last edited
Mar 27, 2018
This statistic displays the share of plastic waste generation in the European Union (EU-28) in 2015, by type. By far the largest generator of plastic waste was from packaging, making up 59 percent of all plastic waste generation. Electrical and electronic equipment made up eight percent of the total.
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by Ian Tiseo,
last edited
Mar 27, 2018
This statistic displays the share of plastic waste generation in the European Union (EU-28) in 2015, by type. By far the largest generator of plastic waste was from packaging, making up 59 percent of all plastic waste generation. Electrical and electronic equipment made up eight percent of the total.
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- Plastic packaging waste treatment in the European Union (EU-28)* in 2016, by typePlastic packaging waste treatment in the European Union (EU-28) 2016, by type
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- Generation of plastic packaging waste in the European Union (EU-28) from 2005 to 2016 (in kilograms per capita)
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- Plastics post-consumer waste treatment in the European Union (EU-28)* from 2006 to 2016, by type (in million metric tons)
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- Recycling rate of plastic packaging waste in the European Union (EU-28) from 2006 to 2016*
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- Top marine litter items found on beaches in Europe in 2016
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- Average number of plastic caps found on OSPAR Beach litter survey sites in Europe from 2004 to 2015
- Percentage of single-use plastic items littering the Mediterranean in the European Union (EU-28) as of 2017*
- Percentage of single-use plastic items littering the Baltic Sea in the European Union (EU-28) as of 2017*, by type
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- Distribution of the export value of plastic products from Italy in 2013 and 2018, by macro-region
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