Bureau of International Recycling | New plastics report

Launched today during the Plastics webinar of the online BIR World Recycling Week, the “Recycling Plastics: Facts, Data and Policy Recommendations” establishes the contribution of plastics to everyday life but also examines the environmental and economic harm created during their end-of-life phase. “Essentially, what makes plastics useful is exactly what makes them harmful: they persist,” the report states. It then explains in detail how recycling can play a major role in resolving the problems associated with plastics reaching the end of their useful lives.

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