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plastic waste generation in the U.S. totaled 35.7 million tons in 2018.
More than 8.5 million tons of municipal solid waste (MSW) generated in the United States contained LDPE/LLDPE materials in 2018. This was the most abundant plastic resin found in the U.S. MSW stream that year. The second most abundant resin was PP (polypropylene). In total, Plastic municipal solid waste generated in the United States in 2018, by resin (in 1,000 tons)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (January 23, 2021). Plastic municipal solid waste generated in the United States in 2018, by resin (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 11, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228812/us-plastic-waste-generation-by-resin/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Plastic municipal solid waste generated in the United States in 2018, by resin (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. January 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228812/us-plastic-waste-generation-by-resin/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). Plastic municipal solid waste generated in the United States in 2018, by resin (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 11, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228812/us-plastic-waste-generation-by-resin/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Plastic Municipal Solid Waste Generated in The United States in 2018, by Resin (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228812/us-plastic-waste-generation-by-resin/
Environmental Protection Agency, Plastic municipal solid waste generated in the United States in 2018, by resin (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228812/us-plastic-waste-generation-by-resin/ (last visited May 11, 2024)
Plastic municipal solid waste generated in the United States in 2018, by resin (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, January 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1228812/us-plastic-waste-generation-by-resin/