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A Roadmap for Sustainability List of Figures Figure 1.1. The two main categories of plastics and their single-use applications 3 Figure 1.2. Global plastic production by industrial sector, 2015 4 Figure 1.3. Distribution of single-use plastic production by region (2014) 4 Figure 1.4. Global primary plastics waste generation, 1950 - 2015 5
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