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Do plastics make-up a large part of the Municipal solid waste?

April 26, 2017large make-up municipal plastics solid waste

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Do plastics make-up a large part of the Municipal solid waste?

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NO. A study conducted by the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute,Nagpur for the BMC,puts the figure at 0.75%. Even in Europe and U.S.A.,with per capita consumption of plastics at over 50kgs per annum(India is 2.7kgs per annum),plastic waste makes up 8% of the total municipal solid waste.The rest is made of organic materials(33%)paper &board(30%)glass and metal(16%)and others(13%). Plastics make a significant contribution by reducing the weight and volume of materials that are typically thrown away.Unfortunately in India waste is littered ,insted of deing disposed ,to facilitate collection and recycling.