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Consumption of plastics in Australia FY 2018 by application area
Consumption of plastics in Australia in financial year 2018, by application area (in 1,000 metric tons)
by L. Granwal,
last edited
Jul 9, 2019
In financial year 2018, approximately 790.2 thousand metric tons of plastics were used for municipal packaging across Australia, compared to 219.7 thousand metric tons of plastics used in the automotive industry.
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by L. Granwal,
last edited
Jul 9, 2019
In financial year 2018, approximately 790.2 thousand metric tons of plastics were used for municipal packaging across Australia, compared to 219.7 thousand metric tons of plastics used in the automotive industry.
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- January 2019
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- Australia
- Survey time period
- financial year 2018
- Number of respondents
- 58 reprocessing facilities
- Special properties
- Australia's financial years run from July to June of the following year. For example, FY 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.
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- Values have been rounded.
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- Region
- Australia
- Survey time period
- financial year 2018
- Number of respondents
- 58 reprocessing facilities
- Special properties
- Australia's financial years run from July to June of the following year. For example, FY 2017 starts on July 1, 2016 and ends on June 30, 2017.
- Supplementary notes
- Values have been rounded.
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