This article appeared in the Februay 2024 issue of Resource Recycling. Subscribe today for access to all print content.

Recyclable material largely ends up in landfills due to lack of access to recycling services and a lack ofeducation and outreach.“State of Recycling: Present and Future of Residential Recycling in the U.S.” is a new report by TheRecycling Partnership (TRP) that breaks down the percentage of households in each state that haveaccess to recycling as well as the percentage of households with access that actually recycle. Theaccess percentage includes both single-family households and multifamily households. TRP’s analysisfound that, on average, multifamily households have less access to recycling services.The following are the 10 states with the highest rate of access to recycling and their participation ratesof households with access.

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