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Recycling of Plastics in the United States: Data for PET Flows for Material Flow Analysis and MRF and Reclaimer Calculations

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Catalog Last Checked: August 03, 2026 at 12:47 AM | Dataset Last Updated: February 02, 2022
The journal article, "Recycling of Plastics in the United States: Plastic Material Flows and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Recycling Processes," has two spreadsheet files associated with it as Supporting Information which are also data sets. The data describes 1) PET Flows for Material Flow Analysis, and 2) Material Recovery Facility (MRF) and Reclaimer Calculations. This dataset is associated with the following publication: Smith, R.L., S. Takkellapati, and R.C. Riegerix. Recycling of Plastics in the United States: Plastic Material Flows and Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) Recycling Processes. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, USA, 10(6): 2084-2096, (2022).

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  • https://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06845/suppl_file/sc1c06845_si_001.xlsx

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  • https://pubs.acs.org/doi/suppl/10.1021/acssuschemeng.1c06845/suppl_file/sc1c06845_si_002.xlsx

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