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== UK Targets and Progress ==
== UK Targets and Progress ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+ style="caption-side:bottom;"|Packaging Waste and Recycling/Recovery, split by material, UK 2017 (provisional)<ref>DEFRA Digest</ref>
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!  !! Packaging Waste Arising (kt) !! Total Recovered/Recycled (kt) !! Achieved Recovery/Recycling Rate (%) !! EU Target Recovery/Recycling Rate (%)
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| Metal || style="text-align:right;" | 736 || style="text-align:right;" | 525 || style="text-align:right;" | 71.3% || style="text-align:right;" | 50.0%
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|  ''of which'': Aluminium || style="text-align:right;" | 177 || style="text-align:right;" | 94 || style="text-align:right;" | 53.1% || style="text-align:right;" | z
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|  ''of which'': Steel || style="text-align:right;" | 559 || style="text-align:right;" | 431 || style="text-align:right;" | 77.1% || style="text-align:right;" | z
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| Paper and Cardboard || style="text-align:right;" | 4,749 || style="text-align:right;" | 3,754 || style="text-align:right;" | 79.0% || style="text-align:right;" | 60.0%
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| Glass || style="text-align:right;" | 2,399 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,623 || style="text-align:right;" | 67.6% || style="text-align:right;" | 60.0%
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| Plastic || style="text-align:right;" | 2,260 || style="text-align:right;" | 1,044 || style="text-align:right;" | 46.2% || style="text-align:right;" | 22.5%
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| Wood || style="text-align:right;" | 1,310 || style="text-align:right;" | 411 || style="text-align:right;" | 31.4% || style="text-align:right;" | 15.0%
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| Other Materials || style="text-align:right;" | 23 || style="text-align:right;" | 0 || style="text-align:right;" | 0.0% || style="text-align:right;" | z
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! Total (for Recycling) !! style="text-align:right;" | 11,476 !! style="text-align:right;" | 7,357 !! style="text-align:right;" | 64.1% !! style="text-align:right;" | 55.0%
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| Energy from Waste || style="text-align:right;" | z || style="text-align:right;" | 700 || style="text-align:right;" | 6.1% || style="text-align:right;" | z
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! Total (for Recycling and Recovery) !! style="text-align:right;" | 11,476 !! style="text-align:right;" | 8,057 !! style="text-align:right;" | 70.2% !! style="text-align:right;" | 60.0%
|}


[[File:DEFRA Packaging table.png|frame|center|Packaging Waste And Recycling/Recovery UK 2017 (provisional) (Extract DEFRA)]]
z = Not applicable
 


Arisings estimates made at point of manufacture.


== References ==
== References ==