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  "title": "Sustainable Packaging Statistics 2026: Waste, Recycling and Plastic Tax Data",
  "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/sustainable-packaging-statistics/",
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  "licence": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data-licence/",
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      "method": "1,107 thousand tonnes taxable in FY2025-26 / 1,399 thousand tonnes in FY2022-23 - 1 = -20.9% (HMRC Table 2).",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-08",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/sustainable-packaging-statistics/#stat-pk-calc-hmrc-taxable-fall"
    },
    {
      "id": "pk-hmrc-rate",
      "sentence": "Plastic Packaging Tax was charged at £223.69 per tonne in the UK in financial year 2025 to 2026, according to HM Revenue & Customs.",
      "value": 223.69,
      "unit": " £/t",
      "place": "United Kingdom",
      "data_year": "2025",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "HM Revenue & Customs",
      "source_title": "Plastic Packaging Tax (PPT) statistics commentary",
      "source_url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/plastic-packaging-tax-ppt-statistics/plastic-packaging-tax-ppt-statistics-commentary",
      "source_published": "Updated 27 August 2026",
      "archive_url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/data/snapshots/hmrc/plastic-packaging-tax-statistics-2026-08-27.csv",
      "sample": "Plastic Packaging Tax returns from UK manufacturers and importers of over 10 tonnes of plastic packaging a year, by financial year April to March.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-08",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/sustainable-packaging-statistics/#stat-pk-hmrc-rate"
    },
    {
      "id": "pk-es-bags",
      "sentence": "Each EU inhabitant used 66 lightweight plastic carrier bags on average in 2024, up from 64 in 2023, according to Eurostat.",
      "value": 66,
      "unit": " bags",
      "place": "European Union",
      "data_year": "2024",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "Eurostat",
      "source_title": "Packaging waste statistics (Statistics Explained)",
      "source_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Packaging_waste_statistics",
      "source_published": "Data extracted 16 October 2026, accessed 8 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20261023081758/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Packaging_waste_statistics",
      "sample": "Packaging waste reported by EU countries under the Packaging Waste Directive. Some countries report provisional, estimated or earlier-year data.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-08",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/sustainable-packaging-statistics/#stat-pk-es-bags"
    },
    {
      "id": "pk-calc-bags-fall",
      "sentence": "Lightweight plastic carrier bag use per EU inhabitant fell 30.5% between 2018 and 2024, from 95 to 66 bags, calculated by StatisticsGlobal from Eurostat data.",
      "value": -30.5,
      "unit": "%",
      "place": "European Union",
      "data_year": "2024",
      "source_type": "Our analysis",
      "publisher": "Eurostat",
      "source_title": "Packaging waste statistics (Statistics Explained)",
      "source_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Packaging_waste_statistics",
      "source_published": "Data extracted 16 October 2026, accessed 8 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20261023081758/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Packaging_waste_statistics",
      "sample": "Packaging waste reported by EU countries under the Packaging Waste Directive. Some countries report provisional, estimated or earlier-year data.",
      "method": "66 bags per inhabitant in 2024 / 95 bags in 2018 - 1 = -30.5% (Eurostat Statistics Explained). The 2025 target is fewer than 40 bags.",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-08",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/sustainable-packaging-statistics/#stat-pk-calc-bags-fall"
    },
    {
      "id": "pk-es-finland-reuse",
      "sentence": "Finland put 37.6 kg of reusable packaging per inhabitant on the market for the first time in 2024, the highest in the EU, according to Eurostat.",
      "value": 37.6,
      "unit": " kg",
      "place": "Finland",
      "data_year": "2024",
      "source_type": "Official",
      "publisher": "Eurostat",
      "source_title": "Packaging waste statistics (Statistics Explained)",
      "source_url": "https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Packaging_waste_statistics",
      "source_published": "Data extracted 16 October 2026, accessed 8 November 2026",
      "archive_url": "http://web.archive.org/web/20261023081758/https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Packaging_waste_statistics",
      "sample": "Packaging waste reported by EU countries under the Packaging Waste Directive. Some countries report provisional, estimated or earlier-year data.",
      "method": "",
      "verified_on": "2026-11-08",
      "url": "https://statisticsglobal.org/sustainable-packaging-statistics/#stat-pk-es-finland-reuse"
    }
  ]
}