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Recycling rate for common household materials in Louisiana estimated at 4%

Louisiana recycled 4 percent of its commonly used packing materials and containers based on 2018 data, the second lowest percentage among the 50 states, according to a new nationwide recycling study.

The new report from the international environmental group Eunomia and the Ball Corp. ranked the states’ recycling rates for common materials, excluding cardboard and boxboard. The analysis used 2018 data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as well as data from states, local governments and materials processors.

Focusing on such materials as plastic bottles and trays, steel and aluminum containers, glass bottles and jars, the study investigated rates of materials reprocessed into new products, as opposed to collection rates.

Overall, those states that produced more detailed data on their recycling rates fared better in the ranking than other states, the authors said. States with deposit return systems for bottles also did better in the survey, the report states.

Recycling Rates for Common Household Materials by State

Rank	State	Common Containers and Packaging Materials Recycling Rates
1	Maine	72%
2	Vermont	62%
3	Massachusetts	55%
4	Oregon	55%
5	Connecticut	52%
6	New York	51%
7	Minnesota	49%
8	Michigan	48%
9	New Jersey	46%
10	Iowa	44%
11	California	44%
12	Wisconsin	44%
13	Maryland	44%
14	Delaware	43%
15	Washington	41%
16	Rhode Island	39%
17	Hawaii	37%
18	Pennsylvania	36%
19	New Hampshire	32%
20	South Dakota	32%
21	Kansas	32%
22	Missouri	30%
23	North Dakota	29%
24	Indiana	27%
25	Virginia	23%
26	North Carolina	23%
27	Florida	21%
28	Illinois	20%
29	Ohio	19%
30	Nevada	18%
31	Utah	17%
32	Georgia	17%
33	Arizona	17%
34	Idaho	17%
35	Colorado	16%
36	Montana	15%
37	Wyoming	15%
38	Arkansas	14%
39	Kentucky	14%
40	Nebraska	14%
41	New Mexico	13%
42	Texas	13%
43	Alabama	11%
44	Oklahoma	10%
45	Mississippi	8%
46	South Carolina	8%
47	Tennessee	7%
48	Alaska	6%
49	Louisiana	4%
50	West Virginia	2%

Source: Eunomia, Ball Corp.

https://www.madisonjournal.com/state/recycling-rate-common-household-materials-louisiana-estimated-4

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