The ubiquitous plastic beverage bottle makes up about half of plastic waste collected for recycling in the United States. Most recycled plastic is processed domestically, but a portion is traded overseas. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign draws on citizen science data to investigate how the global plastic waste trade contributes to litter along coastlines and waterways in importing countries.
Plastic-waste trade contributes to litter
The ubiquitous plastic beverage bottle comprises about half of plastic waste collected for recycling in the United States.
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