Report takes aim at drop-off recycling system

Source: https://resource-recycling.com/plastics/2024/03/20/report-takes-aim-at-drop-off-recycling-system/

Author: Colin Staub

An investigation that placed tracking devices in bundles of Amazon’s plastic packaging and dropped them off in store collection receptacles around the U.S. found a “failing” drop-off collection system, its authors said. Amazon said it can’t control how material is handled once it enters the recycling system. The Amazon-focused report, released March 19 and authored by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group and Environment America, is titled “Truth in Recycling: Does Amazon’s plastic packaging actually get recycled?”