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The fastest growing consumer plastic isn’t being recycled. Two Philadelphia area companies hope to change that.

Though few consumers have heard of it, flexible plastic packaging is the fastest growing type of plastic in use in the U.S. And, as of now, it's not being recycled.

Isaiah Mayne and Rose Valentine (right) sort materials at the TotalRecycle plant in Birdsboro, Berks County.
Isaiah Mayne and Rose Valentine (right) sort materials at the TotalRecycle plant in Birdsboro, Berks County.Read moreALEJANDRO A. ALVAREZ / Staff Photographer