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  2. SWA recycling rate No. 1 out of 67 counties; surpasses state ...

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    Solid Waste Authority supplies recycling bins for plastic and paper for free to county residents. In 2022, it achieved an 80% recycling rate, the highest rate of any of the 67 counties in Florida.

  3. Recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Other towns and cities soon followed suit, and today many cities in the United States make recycling a requirement. In 1987, the Mobro 4000 barge hauled garbage from New York to North Carolina; where it was denied. It was then sent to Belize, where it was denied as well. Finally, the barge returned to New York and the garbage was incinerated.

  4. 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 landfills, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. [4] [5] [6] Recycling rates lag behind those of other recoverable materials, such as aluminium, glass and paper.

  5. Recycling by material - Wikipedia

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    Plastic recycling is the processing of plastic waste into other products. [22] [23] [24] Recycling can reduce dependence on landfills, conserve resources and protect the environment from plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. [25] [26] [27] Recycling rates lag behind those of other recoverable materials, such as aluminium, glass and paper.

  6. Houston's plastic waste piles up, waiting on "advanced recycling"

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    The company is trying to prove that something it calls "advanced recycling" can help solve the planet's crisis of plastic waste, and the company hopes the Houston program could prove to be a ...

  7. U.S. plastic recycling rate drops to close to 5% - report - AOL

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    The rate of plastic waste recycling in the United States fell to between 5%-6% in 2021 as some countries stopped accepting U.S. waste exports and as plastic waste generation surged to new highs ...

  8. New York State must pass the Packaging Reduction and ... - AOL

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    The Plastics Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA) would reduce single-use plastic packaging by 30% and prohibit use of the worst toxic chemicals typically found in packaging — the ...

  9. USPS Post Office Box Lobby Recycling program - Wikipedia

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    USPS "Slim Jim" recycling bin for unwanted mail. The program uses 23-US-gallon (87 L)-capacity plastic bins, which USPS refers to as "Slim Jims". [8] The bins have lockable lids and have a narrow insertion slot to maintain customer privacy and limit the potential of discarded mail being stolen for the harvesting of personal information.