The UK alone consumes around 5 million tonnes of plastics each year; 20 percent is already recovered or recycled, mostly from packaging. At household level around 45%, approximately ¼ million tonnes, of plastic bottles are recovered from the United Kingdom waste stream each year. This represents mostly PET and HDPE bottles. Around one third of post-use plastics recycled is from packaging.
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