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Recycling household plastics waste

Recycling household plastics waste In 1978 the plastic bottle was introduced nationwide. In the thirteen years since that historic and some say environmentally devastating occasion, the consumer increasingly has embraced plastic packaging. Each American uses about 190 pounds of plastic per year, according to Earthworks Group, and about 60 pounds of it is discarded within minutes or seconds after opening. The plastic bottle is king. American consumers use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Reference Services Review Emerald Publishing

Recycling household plastics waste

Rubens, Donna
Reference Services Review , Volume 20 (1): 16 – Jan 1, 1992
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Emerald Publishing
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0090-7324
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In 1978 the plastic bottle was introduced nationwide. In the thirteen years since that historic and some say environmentally devastating occasion, the consumer increasingly has embraced plastic packaging. Each American uses about 190 pounds of plastic per year, according to Earthworks Group, and about 60 pounds of it is discarded within minutes or seconds after opening. The plastic bottle is king. American consumers use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour.

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Reference Services Review – Emerald Publishing

Published: Jan 1, 1992

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