The American Chemical Council calculates that Wisc

The American Chemical Council calculates that Wisc and Northern Ill can support 17 recycling/manufacturing facilities for plastic and that the annual revenue from these facilities would be $164,000,000.00. Assuming that per capita plastic utilization is somewhat uniform, this 1/20th slice of the US (approximately 16 million people in the designated area v. 320 million in country) would translate into a 3.2 billion market across the US.