2005 National Post-Consumer

Plastics Bottle Recycling Report

The 2005 National Post-Consumer Plastics Bottle Recycling Report is the 16th annual plastics recycling study. This study represents a cooperative effort between the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the Association of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR). Designed to quantify the amount of and the rate at which post-consumer high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) plastic bottles were recycled in calendar year 2005, the reclaimer survey portion of the study was conducted by the engineering consulting firm of R. W. Beck, Inc. (R. W. Beck).

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