Food and drink packaging accounted for the largest share of plastic packaging waste thrown out by households in the United Kingdom in 2022, at 83 percent. In 2021, approximately 2.5 million metric tons of plastic packaging waste was generated in the UK, of which just 44 percent was recycled.
Distribution of plastic packaging waste types thrown out by households in the United Kingdom in 2022
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Greenpeace. (July 12, 2022). Distribution of plastic packaging waste types thrown out by households in the United Kingdom in 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328070/plastic-packaging-waste-types-uk/
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Greenpeace. (2022). Distribution of plastic packaging waste types thrown out by households in the United Kingdom in 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328070/plastic-packaging-waste-types-uk/
Greenpeace. "Distribution of Plastic Packaging Waste Types Thrown out by Households in The United Kingdom in 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jul 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328070/plastic-packaging-waste-types-uk/
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Distribution of plastic packaging waste types thrown out by households in the United Kingdom in 2022 [Graph], Greenpeace, July 12, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328070/plastic-packaging-waste-types-uk/