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The EU is one of the world's crucial players in plastic manufacturing and in 2012 produced about 57 million tons of plastic. EU converter demand in 2012 was about 46 million tons and the quantity of post-consumer plastic waste was approximately 25 million tons (32).
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.