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Plastic recycling a failed concept, study says, with only 5% recycled in U.S. last year as production rises

Por: CBS News Politics October 24, 2022

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Washington — Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to out Monday that blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as fiction. Titled Circular Claims Fall Flat Again, the study found that of 51 million tons of plastic waste generated by U.S. households in 2021, only 2.4 million tons were recycled, or around five percent. After peaking in 2014 at 10 percent, , especially since China... + full article



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