Graphs & Data for All Containers

Title	Year	Materials	Variables	Units
Estimated yield rates from collected plastic	2009	Plastic	Reycling, Wasting, Curbside, Deposit Laws	Percent
End-markets for collected glass	2009	Glass	Recycling, Wasting, Curbside, Deposit Laws	Percent
Recovered PET beverage bottles by state	2007	PET	Recycling	Percent
Recycling rates in bottle bill states and non-bottle bill states	2006	All bev. containers	Recycling, Deposit Laws	Units
Market share by beverage and package	2006	Aluminum Glass HDPE PET	Sales, Beer, Soda, Water, Wine, Fruit Drinks, Energy Drinks	Percent
Recycling Rates by Material and Class	2006	Aluminum Glass PET	Recycling, Deposit Laws	Percent
Energy required to manufacture beverage containers	2006	Aluminum Glass HDPE PET Steel	Energy	Energy per container
Sales by container type	2000, 2006	Aluminum PET Glass HDPE Steel	Sales	Units
Growth in Packaged Beverage Sales	2000-2006	All bev. containers	Sales	Units
US Plastic bottled water sales	1996-2006	Plastic	Sales	Units
Plastic Bottle Sales and Wasting in the U.S.	1991-2006	Plastic	Sales, Waste	Weight
HDPE bottle sales and wasting in the US	1991-2006	HDPE	Sales, Waste	Weight
PET bottle sales and wasting in the US	1991-2006	PET	Sales, Waste	Weight
Aluminum, plastic, and glass recycling rates	1986-2006	Aluminum glass PET	Recycling	Percent
Beverage containers wasted: 1986 and 2006	1986, 2006	Aluminum HDPE PET Steel	Waste	Weight
Beverage sales, recycling, and wasting	1986-2006	All bev. containers	Recycling, Sales, Waste	Units
Per capita beverage sales, recycling, and wasting	1970-2006	All bev. containers	Recycling, Sales, Wasting	Units per capita
Energy Impacts of Replacing Beverage Containers Wasted	2005 (est)	Aluminum PET HDPE Glass	Waste, Energy	Weight, Units
Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Replacing Beverage Containers Wasted	2005 (est)	Aluminum PET HDPE Glass	Waste, Greenhouse gases	Weight, Units
US bottles and cans wasted in 2005	2005	Aluminum Glass HDPE PET	Waste	Units
Unit beverage container sales and recycling in the US	1996-2005	All bev. containers	Recycling, Sales	Units
Unit beverage container reycling and wasting in the US	1996-2005	All bev. containers	Recycling, Waste	Units
Beverage container sales and recycling in the US	1996-2005	All bev. containers	Recycling, Sales	Weight
Recycling and Wasting in the US for PET beverage bottles and aluminum cans	1996-2005	Aluminum PET	Recycling, Waste	Weight
Overall beverage container recycling rate in the US	1990-2005	All bev. containers	Recycling	Percent
Per capita beverage container recycling and wasting	1996-2005	All bev. containers	Recycling, Waste	Units per capita
Overall beverage container sales and wasting in the US	1996-2005	All bev. containers	Sales, Waste	Units
Aluminum can sales and recycling in the US	1996-2005	Aluminum	Recycling, Sales	Units
Aluminum can sales and recycling in the US	1996-2005	Aluminum	Recycling, Sales	Weight
Per capita aluminum beverage can recycling and wasting	1996-2005	Aluminum	Recycling, Waste	Units per capita
Aluminum can sales and wasting in the US	1996-2005	Aluminum	Sales, Waste	Units
Aluminum can sales and wasting in the US	1996-2005	Aluminum	Sales, Waste	Weight
PET bottled water sales in the US	1997-2005	PET	Sales, Bottled Water	Units
Non-alcoholic beverage sales, with projections to 2010	1997-2005	All bev. containers	Sales, Carbonated, Non-carbonated	Units
Aluminum can wasting rates	1996-2005	Aluminum	Waste	Percent
PET beverage sales and recycling in the US	1996-2005	PET	Recycling, Sales	Units
HDPE beverage sales and recycling in the US	1996-2005	HDPE	Recycling, Sales	Units
PET beverage sales and recycling in the US	1996-2005	PET	Recycling	Weight
HDPE beverage sales and recycling in the US	1996-2005	HDPE	Recycling	Weight
PET beverage sales and wasting in the US	1996-2005	PET	Sales, Waste	Units
HDPE beverage sales and wasting in the US	1996-2005	HDPE	Sales, Waste	Units
HDPE plastic bottle wasting rates	1996-2005	HDPE	Waste	Percent
PET plastic beverage bottle wasting rates	1996-2005	PET	Waste	Percent
PET beverage sales and wasting in the US	1996-2005	PET	Sales, Waste	Weight
HDPE plastic beverage bottle recycling rates	1996-2005	HDPE	Recycling	Percent
PET plastic beverage bottle recycling rates	1996-2005	PET	Recycling	Percent
Aluminum can recycling rates	1996-2005	Aluminum	Recycling	Percent
PET plastic bottle recycling and wasting	1995-2005	PET	Recycling, Waste	Weight
Per capita PET beverage bottle wasting and recycling	1990-2005	PET	Recycling, Waste	Units per capita
Wasted aluminum cans and PET bottles	1990-2005	Aluminum PET	Waste	Weight
Beverage containers recycled and landfilled	1990, 2005	All bev. containers	Recycling, Waste	Units per capita
Aluminum beverage cans wasted in the United States	1972-2005	Aluminum	Waste	Units
Estimated US per capita consumption of beverage containers	1970-2005	All bev. containers	Sales	Units per capita
PET bottle recycling by weight	2004	PET	Recycling, Carbonated, Non-Carbonated	Percent
Recycling Rates for PET Plastic and Aluminum in Sweden and the U.S.	2004	Aluminum PET	Deposit Laws, Recycling, Sweden	Percent
Recycling rates in Sweden and the US	1994-2004	Plastic	Recycling, Sweden	Percent
PET bottle recycling and wasting: soft drink bottles vs. custom bottles	1994-2004	PET	Recycling, Sales, Waste	Weight
PET sales, recycling, and wasting: soft drink bottles	1994-2004	PET	Recycling, Sales, Waste	Weight
PET sales, recycling, and wasting: custom bottles	1994-2004	PET	Recycling, Sales, Waste	Weight
PET sales, recycling, and wasting: beverage bottles	1994-2004	PET	Recycling, Sales, Waste	Weight
PET sales, recycling, and wasting	1994-2004	PET	Recycling, Sales, Waste	Weight
Beverage container redemption rates in selected deposit states	1990-2004	All bev. containers	Deposit Laws, Recycling, Redemption	Percent
Aluminum can recycling rates: 2 methods	1990-2004	Aluminum	Recycling	Percent
Recycling rate for aluminum cans in Sweden and the US	1984-2004	Aluminum	Recycling, Sweden	Percent
Number of aluminum cans recycled and wasted in the US	1972-2004	Aluminum	Recycling, Waste	Units
US access to curbside recycling vs. recycling rates for 3 container types	1990-2002	Aluminum Glass PET	Curbside, Recycling	Percent
Plastic soda bottles wasted	1994-2001	Plastic	Waste, Carbonated	Units
Overall beverage container recovery in deposit and non-deposit states	1999	All bev. containers	Curbside, Dropoff, Recycling, Redemption	Units per capita
Aluminum can recycling and access to curbside recycling	1990-1999	Aluminum	Curbside, Recycling	Percent
Percentage of population served by curbside vs. percentage of glass recycled	1990-1999	Glass	Recycling, Curbside	Percent
Glass recycling rates	1996	Glass	Recycling	Percent
US recycling rates for 3 container types	1990-1992	Aluminum Glass PET	Recycling	Percent

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Graphs & Data for All Containers