Getting back a desired ‘widely recyclable' label for polypropylene Dearman An industry coalition working to turn around falling access to polypropylene packaging recycling in curbside programs believes its early investments are paying off and it's making "meaningful progress" toward its goals. But a group that will assess one of those key goals — the ability to label PP packaging like yogurt cups, margarine tubs and Keurig coffee pods as "widely recyclable" in the United States — cautions that measuring progress is complex. The Polypropylene Recycling Coalition formed last year with $35 million from major consumer brands and plastics firms to funnel grants to local materials recovery facilities to get more Americans access to recycling PP.