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Throughout the past several years, it has become standard operating procedure for trade associations and larger corporations to allocate a portion of their websites to their positions on sustainability. In many cases, this website verbiage is a way to communicate a much larger effort by an industry sector or a company to adopt sustainable practices, while in other cases there may be an aspect of feeling obligated to acknowledge the concept of sustainability in some way. Several of the trade associations that represent producers of the basic materials most commonly written about in Recycling Today mention sustainability on their websites, and often recycling plays a starring role. For people who make their livings recycling these materials, it can be heartening to see manufacturers pay respect to recycling. A sampling of statements on recycling from trade associations representing producers of some of the most commonly traded secondary commodities follows:
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