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UK Plastics Flows
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This dataset resulted from processing UK trade statistics provided by PRODCOM. It contains the input data for the Material Flow Analysis of plastics in the UK, the output plastic data flows for various stations of the UK plastics supply chain, and the code used to process it.
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This dataset contains three files:
TOTAL.xlsx — The output data of UK plastics flows for various stages of the supply chain; all values in kg
ProdClassification.xlsx — Input classification of each PRODCOM product category by end-use application, by stage of supply chain, mass fraction of plastics and polymer composition
Code file.zip — the code file used to process raw data
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United Kingdom, Plastics, Supply chain
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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S019111/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S025308/1)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/S025308/1)
The authors were supported by the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) through CirPlas — The Cambridge Centre for Circular Economy Approaches to Plastic Waste (grant reference EP/S025308/1) and by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) in the United Kingdom through UK FIRES (grant reference EP/S019111/1).