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Mixed Plastic Waste
Abbreviation
MPW
Names
Municipal Plastic Waste; Households Plastic Waste
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Main Product
Plastic Waste
Segment
Utilities
Main-Family
Trash and Waste
Sub-Family
Solid Waste
Physical State

Solid

Description

Municipal, or Mixed, Plastic Waste, is the Plastic Materials sorted out from Residual House Waste (RHW) by mechanical or physical methods or a combination thereof.

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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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Chemical Data
Molecular Weight (g/mol)
100000
Specific Gravity
1.00
Crude Data
API Gravity
10
Country
Product Settings
Default
Status
A
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Modified by UserPic   Kokel, Nicolas 9/30/2023 11:09 AM
Added by UserPic   Kokel, Nicolas 9/30/2023 7:05 AM