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The composition of the French household waste plastics was determined by ADEME with the
MODECOM methodology in 1993:
per cent
PE and PP films
24.1
52.2
PS packaging
4.6
10.0
PVC bottles
4.6
10.0
Other Polyolefins
2.9
6.3
PE and PP bottles
2.8
6.1
PET packaging
1.9
4.1
Other Plastics
1.9
4.1
PVC packaging
1.3
2.8
Other PS
1.1
2.4
Other PVS
1.0
2.2
46.2
100.0
Total
Table Source: CNR
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Mixed
waste
Packaging
waste
1.9
1.1
1.0
0.5
1.5
PE
1.3
0.5
1.8
Other packaging
3.6
0.4
4.1
Total packaging
7.8
2.5
10.3
Garbage bag
2.9
0.3
0.2
3.4
Retail bag
3.3
0.1
0.0
3.4
Plastic film
3.4
0.3
0.1
3.8
Other plastic
6.4
0.1
0.0
6.5
16.1
0.8
0.2
17.1
Total Plastics
23.9
3.3
0.2
27.4
PVC bottles
Papers
& card
Total
Garbage bags present in the kerbside selective collection of papers and cardboards come mainly
from the bags used for this collection.
For the same year, the output of the sorting plant was:
0.24
White PET
bottles
Coloured PET
bottles
PVC
bottles
Total
1.02
0.10
0.00
1.74
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