In 2020, 1,057.4 million pounds of U.S. sourced post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastic were reported as recovered for recycling. Non-bottle rigid plastic segregated by resin from commercial source separated/collection accounted for 65 percent of the overall total. Meanwhile, electric scrap made up less than four percent of U.S. sourced post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastic recovered for recycling.
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Distribution of post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastic recovered for recycling sourced in the United States in 2020, by source
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Association of Plastic Recyclers. (April 22, 2022). Distribution of post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastic recovered for recycling sourced in the United States in 2020, by source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1000576/distribution-recycled-non-bottle-rigid-plastic-us-by-source/
Association of Plastic Recyclers. "Distribution of post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastic recovered for recycling sourced in the United States in 2020, by source." Chart. April 22, 2022. Statista. Accessed June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1000576/distribution-recycled-non-bottle-rigid-plastic-us-by-source/
Association of Plastic Recyclers. (2022). Distribution of post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastic recovered for recycling sourced in the United States in 2020, by source. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 27, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1000576/distribution-recycled-non-bottle-rigid-plastic-us-by-source/
Association of Plastic Recyclers. "Distribution of Post-consumer Non-bottle Rigid Plastic Recovered for Recycling Sourced in The United States in 2020, by Source." Statista, Statista Inc., 22 Apr 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1000576/distribution-recycled-non-bottle-rigid-plastic-us-by-source/
Association of Plastic Recyclers, Distribution of post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastic recovered for recycling sourced in the United States in 2020, by source Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1000576/distribution-recycled-non-bottle-rigid-plastic-us-by-source/ (last visited June 27, 2025)
Distribution of post-consumer non-bottle rigid plastic recovered for recycling sourced in the United States in 2020, by source [Graph], Association of Plastic Recyclers, April 22, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1000576/distribution-recycled-non-bottle-rigid-plastic-us-by-source/
