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    • Table of Plastic types and uses.
    Rights: Royal Society Te Apārangi Published 21 July 2021 Size: 320 KB Referencing Hub media

    Examples of how the most common plastics are used. The table is ordered by the quantity produced (from highest to lowest volume).

    Image from Plastics in the Environment: Te Ao Hurihuri – The Changing World. Royal Society Te Apārangi

    Licensed under CC BY 3.0 NZ

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