WASTE TODAY – US Plastics Pact issues recyclability guidelines

Consortium of nonprofit and trade groups publishes three guidebooks outlining circular plastic life cycle best practices.

The U.S. Plastics Pact has published its Design for Circularity Playbooks, three reports designed to guide the life cycle of plastics in the United States.

The new “Design for Recyclability Playbook,” “Design for Reuse Playbook” and “Design for Compostability Playbook” provide detailed guidelines to ensure that plastic packaging is continuously reused, recycled or composted, thereby reducing plastic waste and its environmental impact, according to the New Hampshire-based nonprofit organization.

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