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Plastic Waste means any Product made of Plastic, which have been discarded after use or after their intended life is over.

The Great Plastic Crisis

Kokel, Nicolas • 1/26/2026 2:53:41 PM

Summary

If all synthetic polymers produced in a year were burnt, it would add only 0.14 ppm of CO₂ or 0.03% to the 414 ppm of CO₂ already in the atmosphere.
All synthetic plastics, fibers, and rubbers totaled 420 million tonnes in 2017.
Global material consumption reached

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Product	Title	Date
Post-Industrial Plastic	PIP, Post-Industrial Plastics, added	10/2/2023
Post-Consumer Plastic	PCP, Post-Consumer Plastics, added	10/2/2023
Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic	PCR, Post-Consumer Recycled Plastics, added	10/2/2023
Post-Industrial Recycled Plastic	PIR, Post-Industrial Recycled Plastics, added	10/2/2023

Products (Quick Access)	Abbr.	Default
Mixed Plastic Waste	MPW
Mixed PET Waste
Mixed Plastic Packaging Waste
Mixed Polyolefin Waste
Non-Recyclable Plastics	NRPs
Post-Consumer PET Bottles
Post-Consumer PET Packaging
Post-Consumer Plastic	PCP
Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic	PCR
Post-Industrial Plastic	PIP
Post-Industrial Recycled Plastic	PIR

Transaction	Name	Date
Added by	Kokel, Nicolas	9/30/2023 7:05 AM

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