Using a volume-based
allocation, 0.37 g of plastic shopping bag was estimated per FU.
Shopping bags are normally reused as rubbish bags, so that
amount of plastic is assumed to be disposed together with the
municipal solid waste. Regarding the packaging waste, 63.6%
of the cans and 62.2% of the cardboard are collected separately
for recycling (Ecoacero, 2009; IPE, 2009), while the rest goes to