Just 6 Percent Of US Plastic Trash Is Recycled, Says Greenpeace Report

Less than 6 percent of plastic household waste in the US was recycled last year, according to Greenpeace USA. In their new report released this week, the environmental NGO even argues that plastic recycling is a “myth” used by big oil, industry groups, and major corporations - Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Unilever, and the like - used to greenwash their role in the plastic crisis. Titled Circular Claims Fall Flat Again, the report found that US households pumped out an estimated 51 million tons of plastic waste in 2021, just 2.4 million tons (5 to 6 percent) of which was recycled….