Answer:
The correct answer is plastics.
Explanation:
The recycling of plastic has become a major essential sector of recycling. However, only less than ten percent of the production of plastic from the United States Solid Waste stream is getting recycled. The plastic usage still is the prime global environmental issues. On the basis of the reports of EPA, only 9.1 percent of the plastic substance produced in the United States got recycled in 2015, and the rest were sent to the landfills.
The majority of the plastics used in the United States are PET, that is, polyethylene terephthalate. About 2.4 million tons of PET plastic is discarded in the United States every year. Of these approximately 26 percent and 41 percent of this are used in the form of water bottles.
