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.
Percentage of population served by curbside vs. percentage of glass recycled
Source: The State of Garbage in America, Biocycle Non-Refillable GlassRecycling Rate U.S. Populationwith Access toCurbside Recycling 1990 22 % 15 % 1991 23 % 26 % 1992 28 % 30 % 1993 29 % 39 % 1994 32 % 42 % 1995 33 % 46 % 1996 31 % 51 % 1997 32 % […]
End-markets for collected glass
Different methods for collecting recyclable materials result in different degrees of quality in the collected materials. Research for the 2009 report on single-stream recycling showed that only 40% of glass from single-stream collection is recycled into containers and fiberglass. Forty percent of glass winds up in landfills, while 20% is small broken glass (“glass fines”) used for […]
Glass recycling rates
The recovery rate for glass containers has shown minimal growth between 1994 and 1997, increasing from 29 percent in 1994 to just 31 percent in 1997. But, because glass container production has declined, the number of tons of cullet (crushed glass) recycled actually dropped from 3.14 million tons in 1994 to 2.92 million tons in […]
US recycling rates for 3 container types
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 […]
Recycling Rates by Material and Class
Energy required to manufacture beverage containers
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]