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%	1,079
1998	1,559	367	23.5%	1,192
1999	1,618	381	23.6%	1,237
2000	1,617	373	23.1%	1,244
2001	1,620	375	23.1%	1,245
2002	1,655	412	24.9%	1,243
2003	1,661	403	24.2%	1,258
2004	1,743	448	25.7%	1,295
2005	1,702	457	26.8%	1,245
2006	1,755	469	26.7%	1,286

* Includes beverage and non-beverage HDPE bottles, in both natural and pigmented resins. Sources: HDPE sales and recycling data are derived from the American Plastics Council and the American Chemistry Council.