Recycling Rates for Plastic Remain Stale, While Production Goes Up
Published: 8 April 2008
Category: Packaging CONCERNS, Recycling
According to “CNN International,” although there appears to be widespread public outrage at the harmful environmental impacts of plastic bottles and bags in particular, recycling rates have remained fairly stale overall while production levels have in many cases gone up. According to that article, only 1 percent of plastic bags produced globally each year, and in some countries, as much as 90 percent of bottles end up in landfills.