First of a Kind Flexible Plastic Packaging Recycling

The Materials Recovery for the Future (MRFF) consortium just published a report showing that their flexible plastic packaging recycling pilot in Pennsylvania was successful. The goal was to find out whether flexible plastic packaging (FPP) collected loose in residential single-stream carts could be sorted into a commodity bale for reprocessing into recycled-content products. In the United States, FPP is the fastest growing plastic packaging category, with 12 billion pounds consumed annually, according to the consortium. Flexible plastic packaging includes single resin and multilayer bags, pouches, and wraps, the MRFF report said.

首創的軟塑料包裝回收試點成功。未來材料回收 (MRFF) 聯盟剛剛發布了一份報告，表明他們在賓夕法尼亞州的軟塑料包裝回收試點取得了成功。 目標是找出在住宅單流手推車中鬆散收集的軟塑料包裝 (FPP) 是否可以分類成商品包，以便再加工成可回收產品。 據該財團稱，在美國，FPP 是增長最快的塑料包裝類別，每年消耗 120 億磅。 MRFF 報告稱，軟塑料包裝包括單層樹脂和多層袋、小袋和包裹物。

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