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 Waste Composition - Merseyside County Council Analysis of Collected Waste 1980The first analysis of the composition of household waste (a far as we know) that identified the amount and type of used packaging. It was carried out jointly by Merseyside County Council and INCPEN in 1980. Used packaging was 28% by weight. Today it is 18% thanks to significant investment by companies to reduce material use, at the same time as providing better protection for goods |