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Article: US nonbottle recycling spotty, ACC report says.(News)
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- Plastics News
- Article date:
- March 30, 2009
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Byline: Mike Verespej
In another attempt to determine how much of all types of plastics are being recycled in North America, one of the industry's leading trade groups has put together its first report that looks at the extent of rigid nonbottle recycling.
The report estimates that 325.4 million pounds of post-consumer rigid plastics were recycled in 2007. However, two-thirds of that material was exported, mostly to China, leaving only 121.4 million pounds for the U.S. and Canada, according to the report, which was released Feb. 24 by the American Chemistry Council in Arlington, Va.
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