this is at least partly due to difficulty ensuing that the collected material is of sufficiently high quality and does not contain hazardous substances in addition a significant quantity of the plastic separately collected is not actually recycled almost half of the plastic waste collected in the eu is exported mainly to china and the end treatment for this plastic waste is largely unknown velis ca a comprehensive and detailed analysis of these let alone the analysis of the impacts of policy on these is beyond the scope of this project however much of this plastic being largely homogenous and clean is already widely utilised either directly by industry or by the existing plastics recycling market