A major industry report indicates investment of $17 billion is needed to fully optimize municipal recycling in the U.S. Here's a look at how that number was determined.

This article appeared in the July 2021 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.   What will it take to push U.S. residential recycling past its decades-long pattern of stagnation? How many people still can’t recycle as easily as they can throw something away? What level of investment is needed for everyone to know how to recycle...