Less than 10% of plastic produced globally comes from recycled materials – study

Only 9.5% of the world’s plastic produced in 2022 came from recycled materials, a study shows (Owen Humphreys/PA) - (PA Archive)

Less than a tenth of the 400 million tonnes of plastic produced around the world is manufactured from recycled materials, a study shows.

Researchers who tracked the global plastics supply chain also warn that just 9% of the plastic produced ends up being recycled – with only half of what is sorted and sent for recycling actually being reprocessed into new products.