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2. Plastic recycling - Wikipedia

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   Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [1] [2] [3] Recycling can reduce dependence on landfill, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. [4] [5] Recycling rates lag behind those of other recoverable materials, such as aluminium, glass and paper.

3. Plastic pollution - Wikipedia

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   There are varying rates of recycling per type of plastic, and in 2017, the overall plastic recycling rate was approximately 8.4% in the United States. Approximately 2.7 million tonnes (3.0 million short tons) of plastics were recycled in the U.S. in 2017, while 24.3 million tonnes (26.8 million short tons) plastic were dumped in landfills the ...

4. Recycling by product - Wikipedia

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   Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [27] [28] [29] Recycling can reduce dependence on landfill, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. [30] [31] Recycling rates lag behind those of other recoverable materials, such as aluminium, glass and paper.

5. Local kids learn about recycling on National Recycling Day - AOL

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   Local kids learn about recycling on National Recycling Day. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach ...

6. Recycling by material - Wikipedia

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   Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [19] [20] [21] Recycling can reduce dependence on landfill, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. [22] [23] Recycling rates lag behind those of other recoverable materials, such as aluminium, glass and paper.

7. Starbucks promotes recycling to customers but many plastic ...

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   KW Plastics is one of a handful of facilities in America that recycles No. 5 plastics into new material, but of the 160,000 tons of plastic waste made up of No. 5 cups and plates generated in the ...

8. State approves new recycling rules to reduce packaging ... - AOL

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   The Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act will go into effect July 1, 2025, making it easier for Oregonians to recycle. It will establish new packaging fees for companies selling ...

9. Resource recovery - Wikipedia

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   Resource recovery can be enabled by changes in government policy and regulation, circular economy infrastructure such as improved 'binfrastructure' to promote source separation and waste collection, reuse and recycling, [5] innovative circular business models, [6] and valuing materials and products in terms of their economic but also their social and environmental costs and benefits. [7]