The Association of Plastic Recyclers

Americans Are Better at Recycling Than We’re Led to Believe

A new report based on extensive analysis of the $236-billion US recycling industry illustrates that, contrary to some oft-cited data, plastics recycling is vibrant and poised for growth.

The report by the Association of Plastic Recyclers shines more detailed light on what it calls "discouraging — and usually misleading — data points" such as the Environmental Protection Agency's 2018 figure of a meager 9% plastics recycling rate, or other recent estimates that only 5% to 6% of plastics are recycled. Often, the report cautioned, those estimates include durable goods meant to last years, as well as non-durable goods not meant to be recycled.

Read the full article from Plastics Today.

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