Plastics quantity recovered from MSW Hong Kong 2019 by material

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Daniel Slotta,
Mar 5, 2024
In 2019, around 18 tons of polysterene and copolymers (PS) was recovered from municipal solid waste in Hong Kong. Majority of the recovered recyclables in Hong Kong was exported for recycling.

Quantity of plastics recovered from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Hong Kong in 2019, by material (in metric tons)

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Statistic: Quantity of plastics recovered from municipal solid waste (MSW) in Hong Kong in 2019, by material (in metric tons)

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Release date

December 2020

Region

Hong Kong

Survey time period

2019

Supplementary notes

*Breakdown trade statistics (bottles and other than bottles) under waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) will be compiled as from the reference year of 2017, after an amendment to the relevant commodity codes under the Hong Kong Harmonized System with effect from 1 January 2017.
**Other plastic recyclables include waste, parings and scrap not elsewhere classified.

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