collection systems dedicated for plastic waste can be organised and practically operated in different ways dependent on the country the legislation behind the collection and recycling and the actors involved plastic waste can also be collected for recycling as part of another waste stream where the target fractions might not necessarily be plastics this is the case for example endoflife vehicles elvs and waste electrical and electronic equipment weee the opposite is when the waste stream is meant to completely constitut of plastics such as the plastic packaging waste stream