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 plastic containers and packaging waste generated that year.
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)
Characteristic
Waste combusted with energy recovery in thousand tons
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Environmental Protection Agency. (January 23, 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) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 25, 2024, from 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)." Chart. January 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 25, 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: December 25, 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 December 25, 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/
