Increases the PET recycling in the U.S.

In contrast with the fuss in the media daily caused by the megaphones of the circular economy, secrecy continues to mark the trajectory of the recycling of PET bottles in the United States. Report taken from the oven by The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) accuses 29.2% in the evolution of North American polyester recycling in 2017 before the indicator precedent, set at 28.4% in 2016. The balance reflects the decline of both volumes of collected PET bottles available for recycling in the United States, concludes the survey published in the press. As was explained, the recycling rate results from the total amount of recycled PET in the US and acquired internally and externally – to the tune of 783,000 tons. This volume is taken as a percentage of the total of PET resin used in the USA in bottles and potentially available for recycling, balance designed around 2.7 million tons last year. That approximate volume of 783,000 tons collected about 654,000 were acquired and processed in the US market and around 128,000 tons were exported to countries like Canada. In terms of recycled PET by the industries employed in the U.S. and Canada finals, NAPCOR study and is 5% APR the increase in total volume, scaled around 714,000 tons in 2017.