Despite continued efforts to reduce plastic waste, only a fraction of it is recycled. For example, less than 30 percent of plastic waste is recycled in the EU. Some of it is exported to non-EU countries for treatment. The rest goes to landfill or is incinerated, or ends up on beaches, in forests, rivers and seas.
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