Nearly *** billion pounds of post-consumer plastic materials sourced in the United States were recovered for recycling in 2021. Bottles were the most recovered plastic type that year, at almost *** billion pounds. In particular, PET bottles accounted for more than ** percent of all U.S. sourced post-consumer plastic bottles recovered for recycling.
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Association of Plastic Recyclers. (April 11, 2023). Post-consumer plastic material recovered for recycling in the United States in 2021, by type (in million pounds) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from /statistics/1252769/us-plastics-recovered-for-recycling-by-type/
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