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Strong commitment from the industry to use recycled polymers Selected global commitments (non-exhaustive) "Our ambition is to use 1 million tons of plastic waste a year in our global chemical plants by 2025" 1 million tons lyondellbasell Advancing Possible "Produce and market 2 million tons of recycled and renewable based polymers annually by 2030" 2 million tons ΘΗ OMV "Produce 2 million tons of sustainable (includes recycled and biobased) polyolefins by 2030" 2 million tons DOW "By 2030, Dow will enable 1 million tons of plastic to be collected, reused or recycled through its direct actions and partnerships" 1 million tons + others TREATMENT OF END-OF-LIFE PLASTICS IN EUROPE, 2020 TREATMENT OF EUROPEAN END-OF-LIFE PLASTICS, 2020 MILLION TONNES 45 0.6 TOTAL RECYCLING RATE, EUROPE AND OVERSEAS. 6.7 (15%) 5.6 LANDFILLED OR INCINERATED FOR ENERGY RECOVERY. EXACT SPLIT NOT KNOWN. 38 (84%) 14 4% EXPORTED FROM EUROPE 1.6 million tonnes of plastics exported, with up to 1 million tonnes recycled (actual number is not known) 12% RECYCLED IN EUROPE 5.6 million tonnes recycled plastics produced in Europe, out of 8.6 million tonnes sent for recycling 30% LANDFILLED IN EUROPE The higher waste volumes estimated in this study imply that twice as much plastic is landfilled as the industry estimate of 6.9 million tonnes in 2020 24 54% INCINERATED/ENERGY RECOVERY IN EUROPE Assuming the same split of landfill and incineration estimated by Plastics Europe for 2020 Consistent with European Environment Agency estimates that 20-30 million tonnes of plastics are burnt each year https://materialeconomics.com/publications/europes-missing-plastics

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