Pacific Northwest Secondary Sorting Demonstration Project

by | Nov 22, 2019

A collaborative group of government and packaging industry leaders, led by the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), have released the results from the first-of-its-kind Pacific Northwest Secondary Sorting Demonstration Project (PNW Sort) today. The group set out...

2016 National Postconsumer Plastic Bag & Film Recycling Report

by | Nov 16, 2018

The 2016 National Postconsumer Plastic Bag and Film Recycling Report is the twelfth annual report on the amount of plastic bags and film recovered in the United States for recycling. Research for this report was conducted by More Recycling (formerly Moore Recycling...

2016 National Post-Consumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Report

by | Nov 16, 2018

The 2016 edition of the United States National Postconsumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Report is the 27th annual report on plastic bottle recycling. This study is a cooperative effort between the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the...

2015-16 Centralized Study on Availability of Plastic Recycling

by | Nov 16, 2018

This study determines the types of rigid plastics that are collected—curbside and municipal drop-off—in the United States for recycling and documents the percentage of the population that has access to recycle various types of plastics. Download PDF View Previous...