Only about 5 percent of 51 million tons of U.S. plastic waste was recycled in 2021, according to a study from environmental advocacy group Greenpeace. The report, issued Monday, determined that only a little over 2 million tons of plastic waste was recycled last year. Moreover, after reaching a high of 9.5 percent in 2014 and an only slightly lower 8.7 percent in 2018, the number has been steadily declining in the last few years. The level had reached the 5 to 6 percent range by last year. The research also found no American type of plastic packaging met the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s New Plastic Economy Initiative’s definition of “recyclable”—that is, having a 30 percent recyclin
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