Coalition Aims To Improve Polypropylene Recycling The Recycling Partnership, Falls Church, Virginia, has launched its Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, an industry collaboration to improve polypropylene (PP) recovery and recycling in the United States and further develop end mar- kets for high-quality recycled PP. The coalition has opened a request for proposals (RFP) for material recovery facilities (MRFs) to apply for financial grants to enable improved sortation of PP and widen acceptance through consumer education programs in communities. The Polypropylene Recycling Coalition, as a part of The Recycling Partnership’s Pathway to Circularity Initiative, is supported by funders representing all segments of the material’s value chain, including founding members Keurig Dr Pepper, Braskem and theWalmart Foundation.Additional inaugural members include American Chemistry Council, Danone North America, EFS Plastics, KW Plastics, Lyondell- Basell, Procter & Gamble, St. Joseph Plastics and Winpak. The coalition set an initial funding target of $35 million over five years and is seeking additional supporters. In particular, Keurig Dr Pepper, Burlington,Massachusetts, has announced that it is committing $10 million over the next five years to this new coalition to help improve the recovery and recycling of PP in the United States. Collaborating Keurig Dr Pepper has committed to providing more than $30 million in collaborative projects and partnerships across North America to encourage the circular economy. Other projects the company has invested in include the American Beverage Association’s Every Bottle Back initia- tive, the Closed Loop Fund and several initiatives led byThe Recycling Partnership, Keep America Beautiful and World Wildlife Fund. The Recycling Partnership’s new industry-wide collabora- tive will address key opportunities in recycling PP, or No. 5 plastic.According toThe Recycling Partnership’s“2020 State of Curbside Recycling” report, there may be as much as 1.6 billion pounds of PP available per year from single-family homes that could be recycled into new products ranging from automotive parts to personal care and food packaging. The Recycling Partnership reports that the Polypropylene Recycling Coalition’s RFP aims to improve recycling in the United States by awarding grant dollars to be applied to pur- chasing PP sorting equipment and supporting consumer education programs in communities.Through funding like these grants, research and consumer education programs, the coalition aims to make it easier for people to recycle PP in curbside recycling and ensure that more recyclers can effectively sort the material in their facilities. The Polypropylene Recycling Coalition will be aided by an advisory committee of industry leaders including the Association of Plastic Recyclers, Closed Loop Partners, Side- walk Infrastructure Partners, Sustainable Packaging Coali- tion andWorldWildlife Fund. Former Environmental Protec- tion Agency Administrator Carol Browner will serve as an independent advisor to the coalition.
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