Recycling is a Vital Strategy to Tackle Plastic Waste and Create a Circular Economy
Plastic waste is a major environmental challenge that requires bold, comprehensive solutions including reduction, reuse, and recycling. We can reduce our use of plastic, institute reuse programs, and still recycle more. Providing thousands of jobs across the US, every year recycling keeps billions of pounds of plastic out of oceans and landfills and ensures more products are made from recycled material, and less from virgin plastic.
While progress is being made, there is still much work to be done. We need to increase collection, improve packaging design, and commit to replacing new plastic with recycled plastic. APR works with companies across the recycling supply chain, as well as NGOs and policy makers, to continue the momentum and drive change. Recycling remains an important part of the system to build a more sustainable world.
![Why Recycling is Important](/images/How-Recycling-Works/Why_Recycling_is_Important.jpg)
Why Recycling is Important
![Recycling is Part of the System to Tackle Plastic Waste](/images/How-Recycling-Works/Zero_Waste_Hierarchy.jpg)
Recycling is Part of the System to Tackle Plastic Waste
![How Recycling Works](/images/How-Recycling-Works/How_Recycling_Works.jpg)