plastic containers and packaging waste generated that year.
The total volume of plastic containers and packaging MSW combusted with energy recovery in the United States was 2.46 million tons in 2018. This represented approximately 17 percent of Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery in the United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons)
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Environmental Protection Agency. "Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery in the United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. January 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228220/us-plastics-packaging-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery in the United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228220/us-plastics-packaging-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Total Volume of Plastic Containers and Packaging Municipal Solid Waste Combusted with Energy Recovery in The United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228220/us-plastics-packaging-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery/
Environmental Protection Agency, Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery in the United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228220/us-plastics-packaging-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery/ (last visited May 21, 2024)
Total volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste combusted with energy recovery in the United States from 1980 to 2018* (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, January 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228220/us-plastics-packaging-waste-combustion-with-energy-recovery/