As of 2018, the glass industry reported recycling around 27 million metric tons worldwide, which represented some 21 percent of the total glass production in that year. Container glass accounted for the highest recycling rate among glass materials, with around 32 percent of waste recycled.
Key figures on glass recycling worldwide as of 2018
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Statistics on Recycling in the U.S.
Overview
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- Premium Statistic Global recycling rates of municipal solid waste 2020, by select country
- Premium Statistic Market value of waste recycling services worldwide 2020-2030
- Basic Statistic Municipal solid waste generation in the U.S. 1960-2018
- Basic Statistic U.S. municipal waste stream: materials generation 1960-2018
- Premium Statistic U.S. households with access to curbside recycling services 2019, by type
Generation
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- Basic Statistic Recycling of municipal solid waste in the U.S. 1960-2018
- Premium Statistic U.S. composting of municipal solid waste generated 1990-2018
- Premium Statistic U.S. municipal solid waste recycling per person 1960-2018
- Premium Statistic Recycled municipal solid waste in the U.S. 1960-2018, by material
- Premium Statistic Breakdown of curbside recyclable trash generation per U.S. household 2019, by type
Segments
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- Basic Statistic Breakdown of MSW recycled in the U.S. 2018, by material
- Premium Statistic Recycling of paper and paperboard from U.S. municipal solid waste 2018, by type
- Basic Statistic Volume of plastic MSW recycled in the U.S. 2018, by type
- Premium Statistic U.S. sourced post-consumer plastic recovered for recycling 2019-2020, by category
- Premium Statistic Share of recycled-non bottle rigid plastic in the U.S. 2020, by source
- Premium Statistic Plastic containers and packaging MSW recycled in the U.S. 1980-2018
- Premium Statistic Plastic packaging MSW recycled in the U.S. 1980-2018, by product
Recycling rates
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- Basic Statistic Recycling rate of municipal solid waste in the United States 1960-2018
- Premium Statistic Recycling rates in the U.S. by select product 2018
- Basic Statistic Recycling rate of paper in the United States 1990-2021
- Premium Statistic Share of containers and packaging MSW recycled in U.S. 1960-2018
- Premium Statistic Recycled rate of metals in the U.S. 2019, by type
- Premium Statistic Recycling rate of plastic municipal solid waste in the U.S. 1960-2018
- Premium Statistic Plastic packaging MSW recycling rates in the U.S. 1980-2018, by product
Companies
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- Premium Statistic Leading waste management companies in the United States 2022, by revenue
- Basic Statistic Waste Management Inc's recycling revenue 2015-2022
- Premium Statistic Waste Management Inc.'s recycled materials 2021, by type
- Premium Statistic Recycling revenue of Waste Connections, Inc. 2015-2021
- Basic Statistic Revenue of Republic Services' recycling processing and commodity sales 2016-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. sourced post-consumer plastic purchased by U.S. and Canada 2019, by category
Further related statistics
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- U.S. waste industry recycling service offerings 2016-2019
- Volume of waste diverted from landfills in Quebec 2004-2012
- Volume of waste diverted from landfills in Canada 2004-2016
- Volume of waste diverted from landfills in British Columbia 2004-2012
- U.S. adults on ways to improve curbside recycling 2018
- PET bottles recycled by U.S. consumers 2017
- PET bottles recycled by U.S. consumers by building type 2017
- U.S. adults' opinion on recycling improvements 2018
- PET bottles recycled by U.S. consumers by age 2017
- PET bottles recycled by U.S. consumers by ethnicity 2017
- Recycling rate of aluminum packaging waste in Italy 2015-2018
- PET bottles recycled by U.S. consumers by community type 2017
- Recycled packaging share in the Netherlands 2020, by material type
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- Recycled packaging share in the Netherlands 2020, by material type
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