Plastics: Material-Specific Data
[READ IN FULL AT SOURCE at epa.gov] United States Environmental Protection Agency (2015). 'Plastics: Material-Specific Data.' Facts and Figures about Materials, Waste and Recycling. THE MOST ELEGANT PIECE OF EVIDENCE IN THE COUNTER-CASE, because it is one agency, one country, one year. Plastics generation 34.5 million tons in 2015, 13.1 per cent of municipal solid waste; '3.1 million tons for a 9.1 percent recycling rate in 2015'; 'The recycling rate of PET bottles and jars was 29.9 percent in 2015, and the rate for HDPE natural bottles was 30.3 percent in 2015'; 5.4 million tons combusted with energy recovery; 26 million tons landfilled. Same consumers, same year, same bins, a three-fold difference by material, which is a fact about sorting, resale value and the existence of a buyer rather than about psychology. Separately, the vault's external pass of 30 September 2026 confirmed the seed book's 13.6 per cent as the Agency's figure for plastic containers and packaging recycled in 2018.
[READ IN FULL AT SOURCE at epa.gov] United States Environmental Protection Agency (2015). 'Plastics: Material-Specific Data.' Facts and Figures about Materials, Waste and Recycling. THE MOST ELEGANT PIECE OF EVIDENCE IN THE COUNTER-CASE, because it is one agency, one country, one year. Plastics generation 34.5 million tons in 2015, 13.1 per cent of municipal solid waste; '3.1 million tons for a 9.1 percent recycling rate in 2015'; 'The recycling rate of PET bottles and jars was 29.9 percent in 2015, and the rate for HDPE natural bottles was 30.3 percent in 2015'; 5.4 million tons combusted with energy recovery; 26 million tons landfilled. Same consumers, same year, same bins, a three-fold difference by material, which is a fact about sorting, resale value and the existence of a buyer rather than about psychology. Separately, the vault's external pass of 30 September 2026 confirmed the seed book's 13.6 per cent as the Agency's figure for plastic containers and packaging recycled in 2018.
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