In 2019, approximately 55 percent of disposed PET containers were recycled in Brazil, amounting to 311 thousand metric tons. This represents an increase of approximately 12 percent in comparison to the 278 thousand tons recycled a year earlier. That year, bottle manufacturers were the
PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)
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Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET. (May 13, 2020). PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/
Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET. "PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. May 13, 2020. Statista. Accessed April 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/
Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET. (2020). PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/
Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET. "Pet Containers Recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/
Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET, PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/ (last visited April 02, 2023)
PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET, May 13, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/