All Containers Data

Graphs & Data for All Containers

PreviewTitleYearMaterialsVariablesUnits
Container Types Used For Beer in the U.S., 1981-2010 1981-2010 All bev. containers
Wasting Percent
Beverage Containers and Municipal Solid Waste 2011 All bev. containers
Wasting Percent
Comparing Curbside Recycling and Beverage Container Recycling Rates 1990-2010
All bev. containers
Recycling Percent
Comparing Curbside Recycling Access and Paper and Paperboard Recycling Rates

1990-2010

Paper/ Paperboard

Recycling

Percent
PET Recycling vs. Utilization Rates 1995-2009 PET
Recycling Percent
PET Sales, Wasting, and Recycling 1991-2009 PET
Wasting, Sales, Recycling Tons, Percent
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
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
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
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
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
This counter represents the number of beverage cans and bottles that have been landfilled, littered and incinerated in the US so far this year