Recycling rate of paper in the United States 1990-2021

Published by Statista Research Department, Mar 24, 2023
The recycling rate of paper and paperboard in the United States was 68 percent in 2021. Paper recycling in the U.S. has improved significantly over the past three decades. Paper and paperboard is by the far the most recycled MSW material in the U.S.

Paper recycling rate in the United States from 1990 to 2021*

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Release date

2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

1990 to 2021

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*This statistic has been complied from multiple articles and reports.

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