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Periodic Graphics

Periodic graphics: How is plastic recycled?

Chemical educator and Compound Interest blogger Andy Brunning explains what happens (or doesn’t) after you throw those bottles and bags in the recycle bin

by Andy Brunning
April 19, 2018 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 96, Issue 17

 

To download a PDF of this article, visit cenm.ag/pgrecycle.

References used to create this graphic:

Earth Day 2018

Current state and potential for increasing plastics recycling in the U.S.

Introduction to waste reduction model (WARM) and plastics

Common plastics No. 1 to No. 7

How is plastic recycled?


A collaboration between C&EN and Andy Brunning, author of the popular graphics blog Compound Interest

To see more of Brunning’s work, go to compoundchem.com. To see all of C&EN’s Periodic Graphics, visit cenm.ag/periodicgraphics.

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