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2017 United States National Postconsumer Plastic Bottle Recycling Report

December 14, 2018

This study is a cooperative effort between the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), the goal of which is to quantify the amount of high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) bottles collected for recycling, as well as the rate of recycling of those bottles. This study includes postconsumer recycling values and comments for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) developed by the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and APR. The reclaimer survey portion of the study, other than for PET, was conducted by More Recycling.

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2017 United States National Postconsumer Plastic Bottle Recycling Report