Plastic pollution is a huge problem—and it's not too late to …
— Correcting our plastic waste problem requires a fundamental change in thinking about how plastics are made, used, and discarded, two new studies say.
Should the federal government support a massive recycling …
— A company planning to build a huge plastics recycling facility in Erie, Pennsylvania, got a big boost this summer when the U.S. Department of Energy …
A whopping 91% of plastic isn't recycled
— A whopping 91% of plastic isn't recycled. Billions of tons of plastic have been made over the past decades, and much of it is becoming trash and litter, finds the first analysis of the issue.
Plastics Industry Insiders Reveal the Truth About Recycling
— It was the late 1980s, and the plastics industry was under fire. Facing heightened public concern about ever-increasing amounts of garbage, the image of plastics was falling dramatically.
Top 25 Recycling Facts and Statistics for 2022
— Here are the top recycling facts and statistics, updated for 2022. Check out recent information on plastic, paper, aluminum, glass, E-waste and food recycling.
Recycle Right. It Matters.
Plastic wrap: Examples are what comes on paper towels or toilet paper, bread bags, food storage bags (like Ziplocs), cling wrap, and dry cleaning bags.. Plastic bagged recyclables: Put your stuff loose in the cart.Workers at the recycling facility cannot see what's inside the bags to properly sort them.
Practical ways to recycle plastic: current status and future …
— The collection and sorting of plastic waste are required for proper management, which varies from one reason to another [].In the case of the global south and developing nations such as India, waste collection is mainly done through informal sectors [] in the global north; plastic waste collection is done through the kerbside collection …
Top 25 recycling facts and statistics for 2022
— These 25 recycling facts and statistics show the state of plastic, paper, aluminum, glass, electronic and food recycling in 2022. Materials like glass and aluminum have high recycling rates and can be recycled endlessly, but many types of plastics are labeled recyclable when they are not.
The Plastic Recycling Process
In 2022 over 5 billion pounds of plastic packaging was recycled in the U.S., driving jobs and revenue, reducing natural resource extraction and greenhouse gas emissions, and helping the country move towards a circular economy. But how did those 5 billion pounds of plastic get recycled? What happens after someone tosses that plastic bottle or container into …
The Different Types Of Recycling
— CONCLUSION. Be it mechanical, chemical or energy, recycling is the most environmentally-friendly option we have to treat our waste. And it comes with incredible savings: indeed, recycling one ton of …
Recycling plastic is practically impossible — and …
— Greenpeace found that no plastic — not even soda bottles, one of the most prolific items thrown into recycling bins — meets the threshold to be called "recyclable" according to standards set by...
Plastics: What's Recyclable, What Becomes Trash — And …
— Learn about the plastics recycling system and what items are recyclable or not. See examples of different types of plastics, how they are sorted and processed, and …
Plastics Recycling
U.S. Plastic Pact targets:. Eliminate all items on the Problematic and Unnecessary Materials List and reduce the use of plastic by 30% by 2030.; Design and manufacture of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable or compostable. Effectively recycle 50% of plastic packaging and establish the necessary framework to recycle or compost …
The Plastic Recycling Process
Recycling keeps billions of pounds of plastic out of oceans and landfills every year. Learn how the recycling process works within a larger system of solutions to tackle plastic …
Plastics: Material-Specific Data | US EPA
— Plastics are a rapidly growing segment of municipal solid waste (MSW). While plastics are found in all major MSW categories, the containers and packaging category had the most plastic tonnage at over …
California sues ExxonMobil for misleading public …
— California has filed a first-of-its-kind lawsuit against ExxonMobil, alleging that the company has spent decades misleading the public about the efficacy of plastic recycling. The lawsuit alleges ...
Smarter: ♻️Which Plastics Are Actually Recyclable?
— As I very recently found out, only about 9 percent of plastic waste is recycled, according to 2018 data from the Environmental Protection Agency. Why such a low …
Swedish Plastic Recycling
Recycle plastics is the third best option. Then it can be used as raw plastic material to new plastic products.
The future of plastics recycling | Science
— Roughly half of the annual global production of solid plastics, or 150 million tons, is thrown away worldwide each year. The United States generates ∼20% of the global amount of plastic solid waste generated ().Not only is plastic waste residing in landfills harmful to the environment, but it also represents missed economic opportunities.
Your Guide to Recycling Plastics
— Learn what plastics can and cannot be recycled, and what materials they will be recycled into. Find out how plastics are sorted, cleaned, and moulded into new …
7 Things You Didn't Know About Plastic (and Recycling)
— Remember, recycled materials (i.e. your trash) must compete with materials in the market, so quality matters. In Taiwan, there are several groups of people who sort trash, remove food remnants from bento boxes, and then send the containers to the recycling factories (since the outside material is generally paper).
Science & Tech Spotlight: Advanced Plastic …
— Why This Matters. Plastic waste in the U.S. has grown tenfold from 1970 to 2018, while recycling rates have remained low. Mounting plastic waste in landfills and oceans can contaminate …
Is Plastic Recycling A Lie? Oil Companies Touted Recycling To
— An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale.
National Overview: Facts and Figures on Materials, Wastes and Recycling …
— These pages show the generation, recycling, composting, combustion with energy recovery, and landfilling of the materials and products studied from 1960 through 2014. These pages also show recycling and composting trends from 1960 to 2014.
Plastic Recycling: Process, Methods, Challenges Innovations …
— Learn about the definition, benefits, and types of plastic recycling, as well as the challenges and innovations in the industry. Find out how additives and regulations …
Plastic recycling rates are increasing, but slowly, in many …
— Over the last twenty years, plastic waste recycling has considerably increased worldwide, as the chart shows. OECD countries in the European Union, India, and China have spearheaded this growth.
Plastic recycling: Challenges, opportunities, and future …
— Plastic recycling is a best way to avoid landfill and incineration issue. Three types of recycling methods are used—primary recycling (re-extrusion), secondary recycling (mechanical), and tertiary recycling (chemical) [5].In primary recycling, the scrap materials and partially polymerized materials (commonly called latex) are recycled back to the …
The Plastics Recycling Chain
— THE PLASTICS RECYCLING CHAIN Plastics recycling = recovering used plastic products and packaging at the end of their useful life and reprocessing the material for use in new products and …
Visual Feature | Beat Plastic Pollution
While plastic has many valuable uses, we have become addicted to single-use plastic products — with severe environmental, social, economic and health consequences. Around the world, one million plastic bottles are purchased every minute, while up to five trillion plastic bags are used worldwide ...
[Explainer] How do we recycle plastic?
— There are three kinds of recycling -- biological, mechanical, and chemical. However, most recycling innovations result in a vicious 'carbon lock-in' - where our dependence on fossil fuel resources is continually reinforced.
Recycling Basics and Benefits | US EPA
— Environmental Justice: Across the country, waste management facilities are concentrated in underserved communities, and they can have negative impacts on human health, property values, aesthetic and recreation values, and land productivity. Recycling provides these areas with a healthier and more sustainable alternative. International: …
The Benefits of Recycling Plastics
— Why You Should Recycle Plastics Plastic Use Is Growing . As the use of plastics has increased over the years, they have become a larger part of our nation's municipal solid waste (MSW)—growing ...