U.S. concerns about plastic recycling programs stopping 2019

Published by Ian Tiseo, Feb 6, 2023
As of July 2019, around 78 percent of surveyed adults in the United States stated that they were at least somewhat concerned about the potential ending of the plastics recycling programs in some municipalities. On the other hand, four percent of the respondents indicated that they were not at all concerned .

Concern about plastic recycling programs ending in the United States as of July 2019*

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Release date

July 2019

Region

United States

Survey time period

July 8 to 9, 2019

Number of respondents

1,000 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

* Original question states the following: "As you may have heard, some municipalities are discussing ending their recycling programs due to the high cost of manual sorting of many plastics with limited recyclability. Based on what you know, how concerned are you about recycling programs ending?"

Figures may not add up to 100 percent due to rounding.

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