This report by Plastics Europe provides an overview of the production by the European plastics industry in 2013. The largest single application area is packaging (nearly 40%), followed by building & construction (20%) and automotive (8%).
Within packaging, the areas identified are PET (bottles, etc.), PE-HD (containers, caps, etc.) and PE (bags, etc.), PP (flower pots, etc.), PS (yoghurt pots, buffer materials, etc.) and PUR (filling materials). After use, plastic material recycling amounted to 26% of market supply, energy recovery to 36% of market supply. About 38% of waste plastic was landfilled. The report provides a breakdown of most data to countries as well.
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