Point of View # 29

Plastic Recycling

1. Where does recycled plastic go

2. Recycled exports

3. Actual recycled plastic percent

4. EPA plastic waste chart

5. There are thousands of different plastics

6. Plastic contamination

7. Effects of plastic contamination

8. Lower value products

9. Down-cycling

10. Effects of heat and extrusion on plastic

11. Plastic products not designed for recycling

12. Recycled plastic costs more than virgin plastic

13. What recyclable actually means

14. Plastic producers

15. IEA projections

16. EPA data

17. US plastic waste 2020

18. Efficacy of plastic recycling