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The Pacific Northwest Secondary Sorting Demonstration Project (PNW Sort) was a 60-day recycling demonstration project managed by the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) which involved installing a portable secondary sorting system where selected materials from four regional materials recovery facilities (MRFs) will be further sorted. This innovation helped create six additional streams of recyclables to reduce waste sent to landfills.
Materials recovered in this study included polyethylene, mixed paper, cartons, polypropylene, and PET bottles. The results of PNW Sort suggest that a regional secondary sorting MRF, sized to serve the populations of both Oregon and Washington, would:
Read all of the results from the project and learn more about the Pacific Northwest Secondary Sorting Demonstration Project on the official website pnwsort.org.