The U.S. PET bottle recycling rate dropped from 30.1 percent to 28.4 percent in 2016, as the volume of new containers placed onto the market continued to increase.
The U.S. plastic bottle recycling rate declined to 29.7 percent in 2016, continuing a downward turn that began a year earlier after more than two decades of solid growth.
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Real Alloy, which runs 15 sites in the U.S., has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, seeking to continue operating as usual while it works to restructure and cut costs.
A patent battle over solar-powered recycling and garbage receptacles has taken a new twist, as the defendant has countersued the plaintiff for the same allegations of patent infringement.Features from the October 2017 print edition:
- Community Spotlight: County guides and fortifies local programs
- Data Corner: The terms used most often in outreach
- Destination unknown
- MRF of the Month: Republic Services Anaheim Recycling Center
- Recycling for all
- Small steps, big difference
- Taking it to the streets
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