‘Resilient’ US plastics recyclers have great expectations

The US recycling industry is currently worth US $236 billion with the plastics sector gaining momentum. New data from the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) reveals the market employs more than 200 000 people, second only to the ferrous scrap industry, which employs 250 000.

'Plastics recycling represents an industry that processed almost 2.3 million tonnes of post-consumer plastic material in 2020 despite a pandemic and related lockdown,' says Steve Alexander, APR's president and ceo. 'We have every expectation that number will continue to grow.'