The most recycled plastic packaging type in the United States are PET bottles and jars. In 2018, some 910,000 tons of PET bottles and jars were reported as recycled in the North American country, accounting for roughly 29 percent of the total PET bottles and jars waste generated that year. The U.S. produced a total of 14.53 million tons of plastic packaging waste in 2018.
Volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste (MSW) recycled in the United States from 1980 to 2018, by product
(in 1,000 tons)
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Environmental Protection Agency. (January 23, 2021). Volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste (MSW) recycled in the United States from 1980 to 2018, by product (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 14, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229636/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-recycled-by-product/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste (MSW) recycled in the United States from 1980 to 2018, by product (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. January 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed October 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229636/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-recycled-by-product/
Environmental Protection Agency. (2021). Volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste (MSW) recycled in the United States from 1980 to 2018, by product (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 14, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229636/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-recycled-by-product/
Environmental Protection Agency. "Volume of Plastic Containers and Packaging Municipal Solid Waste (Msw) Recycled in The United States from 1980 to 2018, by Product (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229636/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-recycled-by-product/
Environmental Protection Agency, Volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste (MSW) recycled in the United States from 1980 to 2018, by product (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229636/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-recycled-by-product/ (last visited October 14, 2024)
Volume of plastic containers and packaging municipal solid waste (MSW) recycled in the United States from 1980 to 2018, by product (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], Environmental Protection Agency, January 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1229636/us-plastics-container-packaging-waste-recycled-by-product/
