3 reasons to believe in the future of plastic recycling

The third and newest sign of a bright future for plastic recycling is that plastics packaging itself is changing

First, recycling programs across the U.S. are successfully recycling plastic today, and we know what it will take to recycle more of it.

the rate for plastic packaging is higher at 13.1%, and rates for key plastic packaging such as PET and HDPE bottles are more than double that amount

The second reason to believe in the future of plastic recycling is that there is a mature and growing domestic plastics recycling industry that needs the collected material