ACC Launches Plastics Recycling Website

A new website that seeks to boost the visibility and opportunity for plastics recycling has been launched. The new site, www.RecycleYourPlastics.org, has been designed to offer an easy-to-use gateway for information on plastics recycling in an effort to help enable expanded collection and recycling of plastics across the United States. Funding for the website was provided by the American Chemistry Council’s (ACC) Plastics Division.

According to the ACC, RecycleYourPlastics.org is designed primarily for community recycling coordinators, solid waste officials and other professionals tasked with helping communities collect and recycle their plastics. The site organizes existing resources on plastics recycling into various searchable categories such as consumer education programs, sorting technologies, containers, bags and film.

“We have consistently heard from recycling professionals that finding information on plastics recycling can be a challenge,” says Steve Russell, ACC’s vice president for the plastics division, which headed the effort. “RecycleYourPlastics.org should make it easier to find useful information that contributes to recycling plastics.”