Daur ulang kaca di AS hadapi tantangan biaya dan infrastruktur yang berkepanjangan

Rumah tangga Amerika terus menghasilkan limbah kaca dalam jumlah besar yang sebagian besar tidak didaur ulang karena masalah ekonomi dan sistemik dalam metode pengumpulan saat ini.

Rata-rata rumah tangga di Amerika menggunakan sekitar 150 pon wadah kaca setiap tahun, namun lebih dari dua pertiga material ini tidak pernah didaur ulang menjadi botol baru. Menurut EPA, AS telah mempertahankan tingkat daur ulang wadah kaca sekitar 31 persen selama satu dekade terakhir, jauh di bawah tingkat pengumpulan Uni Eropa sebesar 80,8 persen yang dicapai pada tahun 2023. Kesenjangan ini muncul dari perbedaan infrastruktur dan kebijakan, bukan sekadar perilaku konsumen.

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