How much of recycled plastics is actually used in Europe?

Kostyantyn Pivnenko @Kostyantyn-Pivnenko

05 February 2018 1 8K Report

Plastics material is often considered problematic due to lack of recycling. However, it is unclear how much of recycled plastics is actually already in use in Europe.

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http://www.plasticsrecyclers.eu/

http://www.epro-plasticsrecycling.org/

http://www.plasticsnewseurope.com/topics/1030/recycling

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