PET Bottle Sales and Wasting in the U.S., 1991-2006*

YEAR	SOLD thousand tons	RECYCLED thousand tons	Recycling rate	WASTED thousand tons
1991	609	152	24.9%	457
1992	694	201	29.0%	493
1993	757	224	29.6%	533
1994	857	273	31.9%	584
1995	973	322	33.1%	650
1996	1,138	316	27.8%	822
1997	1,276	325	25.4%	951
1998	1,453	355	24.4%	1,098
1999	1,625	370	22.8%	1,255
2000	1,722	379	22.0%	1,343
2001	1,884	417	22.1%	1,466
2002	2,004	399	19.9%	1,605
2003	2,146	421	19.6%	1,726
2004	2,319	502	21.6%	1,817
2005	2,538	585	23.1%	1,953
2006	2,713	636	23.4%	2,077
2007	2,842	698	24.6%	2,144
2008	2,683	726	27.0%	1,958
2009	2,575	722	28.0%	1,853
2010	2,675	778.5	29.1%	1,896.5

 * Includes beverage and non-beverage PET bottles. Sources: Data derived from the American Plastics Council and the American Chemistry Council.