How to Increase the Rate of Plastics Recycling

ENN
Jul 5, 2024, 2:25 pm172 pts
While recycling systems and bottle deposits have become increasingly widespread in the U.S., actual rates of recycling are “abysmal,” according to a team of MIT researchers who studied the rates for recycling of PET, the plastic commonly used in beverage bottles. However, their findings suggest some ways to…

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