Recycling in bottle bill states and non-bottle bill states
Recycling in bottle bill states and non-bottle bill states
Among the 50 United States, the 11 states with bottle bills were responsible for nearly 50% of the total beverage containers recycled in 2006.
State | Number of containers recycled (billions) |
---|---|
California | 13893 |
Connecticut | 1368 |
Delaware | 143 |
Hawaii | 558 |
Iowa | 1809 |
Maine | 804 |
Massachusetts | 2539 |
Michigan | 5580 |
New York | 7769 |
Oregon | 1487 |
Vermont | 334 |
Other States | 38018 |
Total | 36284 |