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U.S. plastic waste collected and accepted 2019

Published by Ian Tiseo, Dec 9, 2020
As of 2019, only one percent of the municipal recycling facilities (MRFs) in the United States accepted plastic plates, cutlery, straws and stirrers, while roughly 0.5 percent of the population had access to municipal collection of these items.

Shares of plastic waste accepted and disposed in the United States as of 2019, by product

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Release date

February 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

2019

Number of respondents

367 respondents

Special properties

operating material recycling facilities

Supplementary notes

* Does not include plastic bags collected by drop off at private retail operations due to FTC requirements.
** MRF: municipal recycling facility.

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