Container and Packaging Recycling Update - Volume XV No. 1 - Spring 2007
Q:
What happened to the 38 billion pounds of PET bottles sold from 1995 to 2005?A:
9 billion pounds were recycled—29 billion pounds were landfilled or littered.
Source: "2005 Report on Post Consumer PET Container Recycling Activity." National Association for PET Container Resources, 2006