Category: Aluminum

US bottles and cans wasted in 2005

The Current Waste Situation The Current Waste Situation   It is estimated that 134.1 billion beverage containers were not recycled in 2005–43.6 billion PET bottles, 6.8 HDPE bottles, 55.0 billion aluminum cans, and 28.8 billion glass bottles wasted.  That’s an increase of nearly 4 billion from 2004’s total of 130.3 billion.

Aluminum can recycling and access to curbside recycling

Aluminum Can Recycling and Acces to Curbside Recycling Aluminum Can Recycling and Access to Curbside Recycling       Curbside recycling expanded dramatically in the nineties, growing from 2,711 programs in 1990 to 9,257 programs in 1999. During that period, the number of Americans served by curbside recycling increased from 37 million to 133 million. The […]

Number of aluminum cans recycled and wasted in the US

Number of Aluminum Cans Recycled and Wasted in the U.S. from 1972-2004 In the year 2004, 100.5 billion aluminum beverage cans were sold for domestic consumption. Of this, 55.0 billion were not recycled. The volume of wasted aluminum beverage cans has increased by 760% since 1972, when 6 billion cans were wasted.

Recycling rate for aluminum cans in Sweden and the US

Recycling Rates for PET Plastic and Aluminum in Sweden and the US (1984 – 2004) Recycling Rate for Aluminum Cans in Sweden and the U.S. (1984-2004) The Swedes have an impressive over 80% aluminum can recycling rate, which makes our US efforts look comparatively weak, at a rate of under 50% that’s been backsliding from […]

Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Replacing Beverage Containers Wasted

Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Replacing Beverage Containers Wasted in 2005e Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Replacing Beverage Containers Wasted in 2005e Container Type Greenhouse Gases Per Ton Wasted (MTCE) (a) Containers Wasted, 2005 (b) Greenhouse Gas Emissions Due to “Replacement Production” Units (billion) Tons (million) (million MTCE) # cars with equivalent annual emissions (million) (c) Aluminum […]

Energy Impacts of Replacing Beverage Containers Wasted

Energy Inpacts of Replacing Beverage Containers Wasted in 2005 (estimated) Energy Impacts of Replacing Beverage Containers Wasted in 2005 (estimated)   Container Type Energy Per Ton Wasted (MBtu) (a) Containers Wasted, 2005 (b) Energy Wasted Due to “Replacement Production” (c) Units (billion) Tons (million) Barrels of Crude Oil Equivalent (million) Households’ Total Annual Energy Needs […]

Beverage containers wasted: 1986 and 2006

Beverage containers wasted by material: 1986 and 2006 In 1986, 648,315 tons of aluminum cans were wasted (not recycled), but in 2006 815,352 tons were wasted. In 1986, 276,711 tons of steel cans were wasted, but only 1,687 tons were wasted in 2006. 285,188 tons of PET bottles were wasted in 1986, while 2,076,000 tons […]

Aluminum, plastic, and glass recycling rates

Aluminum, plastic and glass recycling rates   Aluminum cans are the most-recycled major container type in the United States, with a 45% U.S. recycling rate. This rate is down nine percentage points from the 54.5% aluminum can recycling rate in 2000, and it is down twenty percentage points from the peak of 65% in 1992. […]

Sales by container type

Sales by container type 224 billion packaged beverages were sold in the U.S. in 2006, up from 190 billion in 2000. This equates to 750 bottles and cans sold per capita: more than three times as much as the average person consumed in 1972 (254 units). Market share by container type Of these 224 billion […]

Market share by beverage and package

Market share by beverage and package Market share by beverage and package   Carbonated soft drinks in aluminum cans has held steady as the single largest component of the total beverage market in 2006 at 28%—63 billion units sold. For the first time, sales of PET plastic water bottles and aluminum beer cans are nearly […]

Aluminum can recycling rates: 2 methods

Aluminum Can Recycling Rates (1990-2010) The U.S. aluminum can recycling rate dropped to 45.1% in the year 2004— twenty percentage points below the 1992 peak of 65%. NOTE: Recycling rates have been adjusted to reflect imported used beverage cans recycled in the U.S. but not produced or sold in the United States. In a letter […]