Mexico: largest recycler of PET plastic containers in the Americas


Mexico was the largest recycler of PET plastic containers in the Americas last year, according to the non-governmental organization Ecoce.

 

Recycled plastic amounted to 425,000 tonnes in 2016, up 50% from the previous year, said the organization, an umbrella group of food and beverage firms.

The amount represents 57% of the plastic consumed by the domestic market, a similar percentage to that reported during the same period by the European Union.  Read more here https://goo.gl/J4fyzX