Lee Zeldin’s EPA is putting the US on a path toward a recycling revolution

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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin recently announced his plan to encourage what is known as advanced recycling, a technology that opens the door to what could become a major expansion in plastic recycling.

Advanced recycling is an umbrella term for technologies that break down used plastics into their molecular building blocks so they can be remade into new products. These technologies work with traditional recycling technologies to expand what can be recycled, creating raw materials for domestic manufacturing.

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