The United States generated 14.53 million short tons of plastic containers and packaging in the municipal solid waste stream in 2018. The annual amount of plastic containers and packaging waste generated in the North American country has roughly doubled since 1990. The United States produces more than 30 million short tons of plastic waste each year.
Plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018
(in 1,000 short tons)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (December 3, 2022). Plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018 (in 1,000 short tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228171/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018 (in 1,000 short tons)." Chart. December 3, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228171/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2022). Plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018 (in 1,000 short tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228171/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Plastic Containers and Packaging Municipal Solid Waste Generated in The United States from 1960 to 2018 (in 1,000 Short Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228171/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation/
Environmental Protection Agency, Plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018 (in 1,000 short tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228171/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste generated in the United States from 1960 to 2018 (in 1,000 short tons) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, December 3, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228171/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-generation/
