Use the tables given in this chapter to look up the following information: total plastics, glass, paper and paperboard generation in nondurable goods.

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According to Table 11.1, the generated amount of the total plastics in nondurable goods
in 2010 is 6,400 thousand tons, and the total plastics in MSW is 31,040 thousand tons.
According to Table 11.2, the generated amount of paper and paperboard in nondurable
goods in 2010 is 33,570 thousand tons.
According to Table 11.4, the total amount of glass generated is 11,530 thousand tons, in
which the amount categorized as durable goods is 2,170 thousand tons and the amount of
glass containers is 9,360 thousand tons.

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