Journey of a Recyclable Plastic Cup
From your hand to the recycling bin—see what happens next.
Hundreds of millions of plastic cold beverage cups are used every day, but we don’t always know what happens after placing them in the recycling bin. Thanks to expanded access to polypropylene recycling, many of those plastic cups now have a clear path to becoming something new.
In this video, follow one possible journey a plastic cup can take from a recycling bin to a WM state-of-the-art recycling facility. Get an inside look at how advanced sorting technology identifies and separates polypropylene material, including cups, preparing them for a potential second life as valuable raw materials for new products.
► Click below to see how WM’s investment in modern recycling infrastructure is making recycling easier for millions of customers at home and on the go.
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