Why Paper Is Easier to Recycle Than Plastic
Today's guest blog is authored by NERC Board Member Chaz Miller. The original posting can be found here.
At a recent Congressional hearing, two Senators lamented the gap between paper and plastic recycling. After all, the US EPA says paper has a 68 percent recycling rate compared to nine percent for plastics. They wanted to know why.
The answer is fairly simple. Paper and plastics are used to make very different products which are…
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