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.
PET Sales, Wasting, and Recycling
SOLD RECYCLED WASTED YEAR thousand tons thousand tons Recycling rate thousand tons 1991 609 152 24.9% 457 1992 694 201 29.0% 493 1993 757 224 29.6% 533 1994 857 273 31.9% 584 1995 973 322 33.1% 650 1996 1,138 316 27.8% 822 1997 1,276 325 25.4% 951 1998 1,453 355 24.4% 1,098 1999 1,625 370 […]
Plastic soda bottles wasted
PET sales, recycling, and wasting: beverage bottles
PET sales, recycling, and wasting: custom bottles
PET sales, recycling, and wasting: soft drink bottles
PET bottle recycling and wasting: soft drink bottles vs. custom bottles
Recycling rates in Sweden and the US
Related graphs: Recycling Rate for Aluminum Cans in Sweden and U.S. (1984-2004) Side-by-side comparison of Sweden and U.S. recycling rates for both aluminum and plastic
PET plastic beverage bottle recycling rates
HDPE plastic beverage bottle recycling rates
PET bottled water sales in the US
HDPE bottle sales and wasting in the US
HDPE Bottle Sales and Wasting in the U.S., 1991-2006* YEAR SOLD thousand tons RECYCLED thousand tons Recycling rate WASTED thousand tons 1991 1,209 134 11.1% 1,075 1992 1,272 203 15.9% 1,069 1993 1,359 220 16.2% 1,139 1994 1,491 266 17.8% 1,225 1995 1,291 310 24.0% 980 1996 1,359 334 24.6% 1,025 1997 1,433 354 24.7% […]
Recovered PET beverage bottles by state
Estimated yield rates from collected plastic
Plastics recyclers report that in general, material from single-stream MRFs has a yield rate of about 68%–70%, compared to dual-stream systems which usually yield about 75%-78%. Bales of PET from deposit return systems generally have a yield rate of about 85%. Chart from the 2009 report, Understanding economic and environmental impacts of single-stream collection systems
PET Recycling vs. Utilization Rates
Year Recycling Utilization 1995 39.7% 31.9% 1996 31.7% 26.0% 1997 27.1% 22.7% 1998 24.8% 19.6% 1999 23.7% 18.8% 2000 22.3% 18.0% 2001 22.1% 17.5% 2002 19.9% 15.3% 2003 19.6% 15.5% 2004 21.6% 17.3% 2005 23.1% 18.9% 2006 23.5% 19.4% 2007 24.6% 19.0% 2008 27.0% 20.9% 2009 28.0% 20.9% 2010 29.1% 20.8% 2011 29.3% 19.2% Source: […]
US Plastic Bottled Water Sales
Recycling Rates for PET Plastic and Aluminum in Sweden and the U.S.
Recycling Rates for PET Plastic and Aluminum in Sweden and the U.S. (2004) Related graphs: Recycling Rate for Aluminum in Sweden and U.S. (1984-2004) Recycling Rate for PET bottles in Sweden and U.S. (1994-2004)
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 […]
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 […]
Energy required to manufacture beverage containers
PET bottle sales and wasting in the US
PET Bottle Sales and Wasting in the U.S., 1991-2006* YEAR SOLD thousand tons RECYCLED thousand tons Recycling rate WASTED thousand tons 1991 609 152 24.9% 457 1992 694 201 29.0% 493 1993 757 224 29.6% 533 1994 857 273 31.9% 584 1995 973 322 33.1% 650 1996 1,138 316 27.8% 822 1997 1,276 325 25.4% […]