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Plastics Recycling 101

Hennepin County Environment and Energy

311 MT(2014)

15 MT(1964)

plastic packaging is 26% of total plastic production

32% LEAKAGE

40% LANDFILLED

14% INCINERATED OR ENERGY RECOVERY

98% VIRGIN FEEDSTOCK

14% COLLECTEDFOR RECYCLING

2% CLOSED-LOOPRECYCLING

8% CASCADED RECYCLING

4% PROCESS LOSSES

78 MILLION TONS(ANNUAL PRODUCTION)

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200,000 tons - amount of plastic needed to be economically viable to recycle it

Thousands of Types of Plastics

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Plastic Recycling: What’s Accepted?

Bags & Film

Caps On vs Caps Off

Products Made From Recyclable Plastics

Additional Resources

Association of Post Consumer Plastic Recyclers (APR)www.plasticsrecycling.org

Container Recycling Institute (CRI) www.container-recycling.org

New Plastics Economywww.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org

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