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Global industrial plastic waste generation by sector 2015
Plastic waste generation from the industrial sector worldwide in 2015, by sector (in million metric tons)
by T. Wang,
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Jan 28, 2019
This statistic depicts the plastic waste generation by the industrial sector worldwide in 2015, broken down by sector. In that year, around 141 million metric tons of plastic waste were generated by the packaging industry.
Plastic waste generation from the industrial sector worldwide in 2015, by sector (in million metric tons)
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by T. Wang,
last edited
Jan 28, 2019
This statistic depicts the plastic waste generation by the industrial sector worldwide in 2015, broken down by sector. In that year, around 141 million metric tons of plastic waste were generated by the packaging industry.
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