All Containers Data

Graphs & Data for All Containers

Title	Year	Materials	Variables	Units
U.S. Nominal Recycling Rates by Deposit Status, 2019	2019	All	Deposit Status	Percent
Aluminum cans sold and recycled by deposit status, 2019	2019	Aluminum Cans	Proportion of US Total	Percent
PET Recycling vs. rPET Generation Rates (1995 - 2020)	2019	rPET PET	Generation Rates	Percent
Beverage Containers Wasted by Material 2010 - 2015 (tons)	2015	Aluminum PET HDPE	Wasting	Tons
Beverage Containers Wasted by Material 2010 - 2015 (units)	2015	Aluminum PET HDPE Glass	Wasting	Units
Energy required to manufacture beverage containers	2015	Aluminum PET HDPE Glass	Wasting	BTU's
U.S. Recycling Rates by Deposit Status, 2015	2015	Aluminum PET Glass	Recycling, Deposit Laws	Percent
Financial Analysis Maine LD 1204 for 62/64 Ounce Containers	2015	All bev. containers	Money gained/lost	USD ($)
Beverage Containers in the Waste Stream	2012	All bev. containers	Solid Waste Generation	Percent
Estimated US Bottles and Cans Wasted in 2010	2010	All bev. containers	Millions	Units
Deposit States have Higher Beverage Recycling Rates	2010	All bev. containers	Recycling	Percent
US Growth in Package Beverage Sales	2000-2010	All bev. containers	Sales, Recycling, Wasting	Billions of Containers Sold
Per Capita Beverage Sales, Recycling and Wasting	1970-2010	All bev. containers	Sales, Recycling, Wasting	Containers per person per year
US Plastic Bottled Water Sales	1996-2010	Plastic	Sales	Billions of Units
Sales and Market Share by Container Type	2010	All bev. containers	Sales	Percent
Container Sales by Material, 2000 & 2010	2000 & 2010	All bev. containers	Sales	Percent
Sales and Market Share by Beverage Type	2010	All bev. containers	Sales	Percent
Comparing Curbside Recycling Access and Beverage Container Recycling Rates	1990-2010	All bev. containers	Recycling	Recycling Rate/ US Population
US Beverage Sales, Recycling and Wasting	1990-2010	All bev. containers	Recycling/ Wasting	Units Sold
Beverage Containers Wasted, 2000 & 2010	2000 & 2010	All bev. containers	Wasting	Percent
Per Capita Containers Recycled in Deposit and Non-Deposit States - All Container Types	2010	All bev. containers	Recycling	Percent
Recycling Rates for Aluminum, Plastic and Glass	1990-2010	Aluminum, Plastc, Glass	Recycling	Percent
Energy Required to Replace Beverage Containers (in U.S. household equivalents)	2010	All bev. containers	Wasting	Percent
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Replacing Wasted Containers	2010	All bev. containers	Wasting	Percent
Comparative Energy Requirements for Replacing Wasted Beverage Containers	2010	All bev. containers	Wasting	Percent
Energy Required to Replace Beverage Containers	2010	All bev. containers	Wasting	Percent
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 Access and Paper and Paperboard Recycling Rates	1990-2010	Paper/ Paperboard	Recycling	Percent
PET Recycling vs. Utilization Rates	1995-2011	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
US bottles and cans wasted in 2005	2005	Aluminum Glass HDPE PET	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
Non-alcoholic beverage sales, with projections to 2010	1997-2005	All bev. containers	Sales, Carbonated, Non-carbonated	Units
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
PET beverage sales and wasting in the US	1996-2005	PET	Sales, 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
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	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
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