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Recycling Programs + Processors Recycling Programs + Processors Explore available grants, technical assistance, and educational support available to recycling programs and facilities to build a better recycling system. Community Recycling Program Tool Interactive tool and resource designed for local and community recycling leaders to connect, optimize, and propel recycling programs forward. Grants Apply for grants available to U.S. communities and recycling facilities to improve access, collections, operations, and processing. Single-Family Recycling From grants to step-by-step guidance, The Recycling Partnership has the resources needed to implement and improve single-family recycling programs. Multifamily Recycling Our Multifamily Recycling Guide and Toolkit contains case studies, best practices, and customizable templates for communities and multifamily properties. Community Recycling Best Practices Explore the importance of community recycling programs. This page discusses how to transform underperforming recycling programs and best practices for various community circumstances. Contamination Toolkits Let’s fight contamination together. Access our proven kits and campaigns to dramatically improve your contamination rates. U.S. Residential MRF Map The residential materials recovery facilities (MRF) map displays recycling facilities across the U.S. MRF Contracts Guide Created with community programs and materials recovery facilities in mind, this guide offers best management practices for both parties to achieve long-term success. Recycling Behavior Recycling Behavior Through research and pilot projects on what works and what doesn’t, learn what steps your community can take to improve residential recycling. Behavior Center The Recycling Partnership’s Center for Sustainable Behavior & Impact is driving improvement in recycling behavior and boosting confidence in U.S. recycling. Knowledge Report The Recycling Partnership’s Center for Sustainable Behavior & Impact comprehensive report to address the intention-action gap and accelerate recycling best practices. Recycling Confidence Index The Recycling Confidence Index tracks, quantifies, and qualifies recycling confidence over time and identifies the factors influencing trust. Design for Circularity Design for Circularity The Recycling Partnership’s circularity solutions bring the necessary clarity to successfully advance the circular economy for packaging. Circular Packaging Assessment This Assessment provides step-by-step instructions to help companies understand packaging recyclability and pursue circularity. Dynamic Labels Recycle Check offers an interactive package-specific solution providing localized recycling information to consumers across the U.S. Plastic Packaging Strategy Tool Plastic IQ is a free, data-driven digital tool helping U.S. companies design sustainable plastic packaging. Circular Packaging 101 Learn how brands, retailers, and manufacturers can advance circular packaging. Policy Policy The Recycling Partnership is working across all levels of government in the U.S. to advance a circular economy by building a better recycling system. Recycling Policy Accelerator The Recycling Partnership Policy Accelerator is working to develop smart policy solutions to unlock the environmental and economic benefits of recycling. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) 101 EPR shifts the financial responsibility of managing a material throughout its entire lifecycle to the brands that produce the material. Increasing Recycling Rates with EPR The Recycling Partnership’s analysis shows that U.S. states could expect significant increases in recycling rates with the introduction of EPR law. State EPR Toolkit Create customized collateral to support education and advocacy around smart, well-designed extended producer responsibility (EPR) policies in your state. Policy Implementation Get step-by-step guidance to prepare for recycling policy implentation in states across the U.S. Material Advancement Material Advancement Material coalition-focused work has the potential to unlock supply through real systems change by leveraging the power of many across the value chain. Film and Flexibles Recycling Coalition The Film and Flexibles Coalition is working collaboratively to identify and scale recovery methods for film and flexible packaging. PET Recycling Coalition The PET Recycling Coalition convenes a robust group of stakeholders driving improvements that transform the plastic #1 recycling landscape. Polypropylene Recycling Coalition The Polypropylene Recycling Coalition is working collaboratively to improve and increase the recycling of #5 plastic packaging. Resources Resources Discover the latest recycling resources, including community and facility grants, research reports, recycling data, and updates. The State of Recycling Report Data from this report shows where the gaps are greatest, and where policy, investment, and action will have the largest impact. Community Recycling Program Tool Interactive tool and resource designed for local and community recycling leaders to connect, optimize, and propel recycling programs forward. What Can I Recycle? Find out what is accepted for recycling in your community. Blog Read the latest blog posts from The Recycling Partnership. Grants Apply for grants available to U.S. communities and recycling facilities to improve access, collections, operations, and processing. Newsroom See the latest media releases from The Recycling Partnership. Data Unlock the data to advance recycling and a circular economy in the U.S. Reports Download the latest research reports about recycling. About About The Recycling Partnership mobilizes the people, data, and solutions across the value chain to reduce waste and our impact on the environment while also unlocking economic benefits. Our Staff Meet the nation’s leading recycling and circular economy subject-matter experts. Careers at The Recycling Partnership Join our team at The Recycling Partnership. Search and apply for available positions. Board of Directors Our Board is comprised of industry leading sustainability and recycling advocacy experts from leading companies across the value chain who are committed to transforming U.S. recycling. Core Values We at The Partnership take our work seriously and we invite others to join us in embracing our core values. Contact Us Together we can solve for circularity. Let’s connect to advance a circular economy by building a better recycling system. Funding Partners More than 80 companies are working to invest in the system, make their packaging more circular, and meet climate and sustainability goals. What are you looking to do? Access Data about Recycling Read the Latest Reports Apply for a Grant Understand Recycling Behavior Access Policy Resources Design for Recyclability Educate My Community Join as a Funding Partner Contact a Staff Member Explore Material Coalitions Find Out What I Can Recycle ⚲ How do we capture more than 21% of recyclables? The new State of Recycling Report shows where policy, investment, and action will have the largest impact. Read the report and our solutions How do we capture more than 21% of recyclables? The new State of Recycling Report shows where policy, investment, and action will have the largest impact. Read the report and our solutions As a mission-driven NGO, we are committed to advancing a circular economy by building a better recycling system. Learn More What are you looking to do? Access Data about Recycling Read the Latest Reports Apply for a Grant Understand Recycling Behavior Access Policy Resources Design for Recyclability Educate My Community Join as a Funding Partner Contact a Staff Member Explore Material Coalitions Find Out What I Can Recycle Unlocking the environmental and economic benefits of recycling since 2014 1B Diverted over 1 billion incremental pounds of recyclables from landfills 948K Avoided over 948,000 metric tons of CO2e 1.74M...