Now is the time to go all in on Recycling!
This guest blog is provided by the Carton Council.
The first quarter of 2019 is almost over and the recycling crisis continues to receive significant attention, including in the mainstream media. Residents may question if recycling is still worth it at a time when we need them to recycle more and more carefully. In the meantime, those in the industry are hard at work determining new strategies to ensure every material that can be recycled gets its chance at a second life in a sustainable way.
For food and beverage cartons, there is good news. The packaging option that is used for products like milk, juice, cream, water, soup, broth, beans and wine, has seen carton recycling access expand to over 63 percent of the U.S. We know that residents want to recycle their cartons and believe they are recyclable. A survey released last year found that 79 percent of consumers report they always or occasionally recycle their food and beverage cartons.
The Carton Council is also working to ensure there are solid end markets available for sorting facilities to send their cartons Food and beverage cartons…