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== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
== Macro Tonnage == | == Macro Tonnage == | ||
The most recent information published by DEFRA is summarized in the pie chart below, with 1,528,527 tonnes of plastic wastes generated in the UK in 2016: | The most recent information published by DEFRA <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/digest-of-waste-and-resource-statistics-2018-edition Digest of Waste Resources 2018] reporting data from 2016</ref> <ref>[https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/uk-waste-data UK Statistics on Waste 2019] updating some of the 2018 Digest with 2017 data</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]]: | ||
[[File:Plastic Waste Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Plastic Wastes - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA 2016]] | [[File:Plastic Waste Pie Chart.png|frame|center|Plastic Wastes - Tonnage Reported as Generated by DEFRA 2016]] | ||
== PET [1] == | == PET [1] == | ||