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  2. Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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    The United States is the world leader in generating plastic waste, producing an annual 42 million metric tons of plastic waste. [59] [60] Per capita generation of plastic waste in the United States is higher than in any other country, with the average American producing 130.09 kilograms of plastic waste per year. Other high-income countries ...

  3. New study finds 52 million metric tons of plastic waste ... - AOL

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    An estimated 52 million metric tons of global plastic waste emissions are produced every year, a new study by the University of Leeds has found. The study, using artificial intelligence to model ...

  4. My year in plastic waste - AOL

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    This year, I collected the plastic waste left behind from my groceries. The aim was to see how much plastic I would be leaving behind — and whether there was hope for any of it to be recycled ...

  5. Plastic - Wikipedia

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    Plastic recycling is low in the waste hierarchy, meaning that reduction and reuse are more favourable and long-term solutions for sustainability. It has been advocated since the early 1970s, [119] but due to economic and technical challenges, did not impact the management of plastic waste to any significant extent until the late 1980s. The ...

  6. Plastic recycling - Wikipedia

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    Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [1] [2] [3] Recycling can reduce dependence on landfill, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

  7. Recycling rates by country - Wikipedia

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    The following table gives the percentages of municipal waste that is recycled, incinerated, incinerated to produce energy and landfilled. [ 1 ] Recycling rates by country 2019

  8. Divisions on curbing plastic waste persist as UN treaty talks ...

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    BUSAN/BAKU (Reuters) -As delegates from 175 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea on Monday for the fifth round of talks aimed at securing an international treaty to curb plastic pollution ...

  9. Packaging waste - Wikipedia

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    [4] [6] Most packaging waste that eventually goes into the ocean often comes from places such as lakes, streams, and sewage. Possible solutions to reducing packaging waste are very simple and easy and could start with minimisation of packaging material ranging up to a zero waste strategy (package-free products [7]). The problem is mainly in a ...