Domestic Purchasing Of Recycled Plastic Film Dips U.S. processing of recovered plastic film, bags and wraps grew 10 percent between 2017 and 2018, and collection of clear polyethylene film for recycling jumped 20 percent for the year, according to a report released today by the Amer- ican Chemistry Council and produced by More Recycling. The amount of film reported as recycled by U.S. and Ca- nadian processors increased for the sixth consecutive year and reached its highest mark yet, with 69 percent of the total amount collected and processed in the United States or Canada and the remainder being exported.The amount of recovered film exported dropped 19 percent. Overall, U.S. recycling of predominantly polyethylene film held steady, dipping just 0.5 percent, or 4.7 million pounds, for the year. A minimum of 1 billion pounds of plastic film and bags were recovered in 2018, according to the report, which is based on surveys of North America-based plastics reclaimers, processors, key brokers and exporters. ACC also released the 2018 National Post-Consumer Non-Bottle Rigid Plastic Recycling Report, which showed that domestic reclamation of non-bottle rigid plastics grew 4 percent, with the most significant increase coming from bale commodities that were collected curbside or other commingled collection streams and then further segregated by resin. Since 2010, total non-bottle rigid plastic recycling has increased over 50 percent with domestic purchases more than doubling during the same period.
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