Plastic recycling Archives

Getting the Facts About Plastic Recycling

By Recycle1AZ|2019-09-06T10:39:59-07:00September 6th, 2019|Plastic Recycling|

You’ve likely heard some of the astounding and often disturbing facts about global plastic production, plastic waste and their detrimental impact on the environment. Facts like this one, for example: The amount of plastic produced in a single year is roughly the [...]

Ending the Cycle of Confusion: Learning Which Plastics Can (and Cannot) Be Recycled

By Recycle1AZ|2019-09-06T10:26:31-07:00September 6th, 2019|Paper Recycling, Plastic Recycling|

Let’s start with what we know: We have a plastic problem of global proportions. In 2017, it was determined that only about 9 percent of all plastic ever made has been recycled1—a number that’s horrified scientists, and anyone else who has been [...]