Recycling of post-consumer plastic packaging waste in the EU: Recovery rates, material flows, and barriers

•We collected primary data on plants efficiencies and barriers hindering recycling.•Recovery rates are higher for PET and HDPE and lower for films, PP, PS.•Current EU27 PPW recycling rate is 15% excluding the exported waste (25% otherwise).•Presence of films in the input-waste hampers recovery of ta...

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Published in:Waste management (Elmsford) 2021-05, Vol.126, p.694-705
Main Authors: Antonopoulos, Ioannis, Faraca, Giorgia, Tonini, Davide
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Circular economy
environmental policy
European Union
markets
Material flow analysis
Plastics
polyethylene
polyethylene terephthalates
Polymers
polypropylenes
polystyrenes
Product Packaging
Purity
Recovery efficiency
Recycling
Reprocessing
Sorting
Waste Management
wastes
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