Recycling List Ireland – Rigid Plastic

Rigid Plastic

Between 2004 & 2014, the global production of plastics grew from 225 million to 311 million tonnes.

Producing plastic products from recycled plastics reduces energy requirements by 66{274956ee188766cffa9fd13544fc92af19ef135eba77b9fbaa514036943a2328}.

Recycling just 1 tonne of plastics saves 1,000–2,000 gallons of petroleum.

Plastic drinking bottles can be recycled into duvet fillings, home insulation material, clothing, bin liners, carrier bags, DVD & video game cases, compost bins, park benches, new bottles & much more!

It takes up to 500 years for plastic to decompose.

Almost 8 million metric tonnes of plastic ends up in the world’s oceans every year.

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