Plastic recycling rates continue to decline, at the same time as production is increasing, according to a Greenpeace USA report released this week. The environmental watchdog blasts as "fiction" industry claims that we have created an efficient, circular economy.
The study "Circular Claims Fall Flat Again" found that of 51 million tons of plastic waste generated by US households in 2021, only 2.4 million tons were recycled, less than five percent.
