Out of the total **** million tons of containers and packaging generated in the U.S. municipal solid waste stream in 2018, nearly ** percent was recycled. This was a notable increase in comparison to the recycling rate of containers and packaging in 1990, which stood at some ** percent.
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Environmental Protection Agency. (January 23, 2021). Recycling rate of containers and packaging municipal solid waste (MSW) in the United States from 1960 to 2018 [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 20, 2026, from /statistics/186335/us-municipal-solid-waste-containers-and-packaging-recovered-in-2009/
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