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The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> is summarized in the pie chart below, with 1,528,527 tonnes of plastic wastes generated in the UK in 2016 as part of the broader tonnage reported in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]:

~~{| class="wikitable"~~

[[File:Plastic_Pie.png|800px|frameless|center]]

|-

~~! colspan="2"| Plastic Wastes~~

|-

~~| colspan="2"|~~[[File:~~Plastic~~.png|frameless|center]]

|-

~~! colspan="2"|Data Table~~

|-

~~| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF)~~

~~| style="text-align:right;"| 138,126~~

|-

~~| Mining and Quarrying (MQ)~~

~~| style="text-align:right;"| 766~~

|-

~~| Industrial (Ind)~~

~~| style="text-align:right;" | 373,144~~

|-

~~| Construction (Con)~~

~~| style="text-align:right;" | 67,445~~

|-

~~| Commercial (Com)~~

~~| style="text-align:right;" | 822,233~~

|-

~~| Household (HH)~~

~~| style="text-align:right;" | 127,842~~

|}

The macro numbers above under report the total plastics put into the market, as the macro numbers exclude tonnage which would otherwise be captured in mixed categories. The macro numbers also do not breakdown the component elements of plastic, but the following headers in the page are the materials as handled by local authorities and as reported through [[WasteDataFlow]].

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 The most recent information published by [[DEFRA]] <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/env23-uk-waste-data-and-management UK Statistics on Waste 2020]</ref> is summarized in the pie chart below, with 1,528,527 tonnes of plastic wastes generated in the UK in 2016 as part of the broader tonnage reported in [[UK Waste Tonnage]]:
-{| class="wikitable"
+[[File:Plastic_Pie.png|800px|frameless|center]]
-|-
-! colspan="2"| Plastic Wastes
-|-
-| colspan="2"|[[File:Plastic.png|frameless|center]]
-|-
-! colspan="2"|Data Table
-|-
-| Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF)
-| style="text-align:right;"| 138,126
-|-
-| Mining and Quarrying (MQ)
-| style="text-align:right;"| 766
-|-
-| Industrial (Ind)
-| style="text-align:right;" | 373,144
-|-
-| Construction (Con)
-| style="text-align:right;" | 67,445
-|-
-| Commercial (Com)
-| style="text-align:right;" | 822,233
-|-
-| Household (HH)
-| style="text-align:right;" | 127,842
-|}
 The macro numbers above under report the total plastics put into the market, as the macro numbers exclude tonnage which would otherwise be captured in mixed categories. The macro numbers also do not breakdown the component elements of plastic, but the following headers in the page are the materials as handled by local authorities and as reported through [[WasteDataFlow]].