US: 96% Americans have access to community paper recycling

26 March 2015

The American Forest & Paper Association’s (AF&PA) 2014 Community Access Survey shows that overall consumer access to community paper and paperboard recycling in the U.S. reached 96%, up from 87% in 2010.
The survey results also showed that single-stream recovery has grown in use. 80% of Americans now have access to single-stream collection, a rise from 65% in 2010. Access to curbside and/or drop-off paper and paperboard recycling programs is an important component in reaching the industry’s goal to exceed 70% paper recovery by 2020. Consumers’ having broad access to paper recycling demonstrates the success of voluntary recycling infrastructure (News Item AF&PA, 10 March 2015).
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