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== Macro Tonnage == | == Macro Tonnage == | ||
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 1,807,003 tonnes of plastic wastes generated in the UK in 2020 as part of the broader tonnage reported in [[UK Waste Tonnage]] equivalent to | 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 1,807,003 tonnes of plastic wastes generated in the UK in 2020 as part of the broader tonnage reported in [[UK Waste Tonnage]] equivalent to c.2% of the total. These tonnages exclude any plastics that are not [[Recycling|recycled]]/[[Recovery|recovered]] and remain in [[residual waste]] streams. | ||
[[File:Plastic_Pie.png|800px|frameless|center]] | [[File:Plastic_Pie.png|800px|frameless|center]] | ||