Plastic Data

Graphs & Data for Plastic

Title	Year	Materials	Variables	Units
US Plastic Bottled Water Sales	1996-2010	Plastic	Sales	Billions of Units
PET bottle sales and wasting in the US	1991-2010	PET	Sales, Waste	Weight
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
Recovered PET beverage bottles by state	2007	PET	Recycling	Percent
Market share by beverage and package	2006	Aluminum Glass HDPE PET	Sales, Beer, Soda, Water, Wine, Fruit Drinks, Energy Drinks	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
HDPE bottle sales and wasting in the US	1991-2006	HDPE	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
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
PET bottled water sales in the US	1997-2005	PET	Sales, Bottled Water	Units
HDPE plastic beverage bottle recycling rates	1996-2005	HDPE	Recycling	Percent
PET plastic beverage bottle recycling rates	1996-2005	PET	Recycling	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
Plastic soda bottles wasted	1994-2001	Plastic	Waste, Carbonated	Units