Frustrations with realities of recycling plastic in the United States 2022
Marine pollution was the biggest frustration with plastic recycling in the United States in 2022. Roughly two-thirds of U.S. adults were very frustrated that domestic plastic waste often ends up in the ocean, while three percent were not frustrated at all. The fact that many plastic items deposited into recycling collection are not actually recycled was the second-most frustrating reality for respondents.