| Preview | Title | Year | Materials | Variables | Units |
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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 | |
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Comparing Curbside Recycling and Beverage Container Recycling Rates | 1990-2010 |
All bev. containers |
Recycling | Percent |
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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 |
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