[GRRN] Plastics volume

patfranklin (cri@container-recycling.org)
Fri, 11 Jun 1999 11:21:10 -0400 (EDT)


The answer to your question is:

Total post-consumer bottles measured in mm lbs of resin sales = 5,758
Total post-consumer bottles and containers in mm lbs of resin sales = 6,800
NOTE: These numbers are for 1997

FYI: The recycling rate for bottles was 23.7% for bottles and containers 20.2%

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>Would anyone know (or know who knows) the estimated volume of plastic
>containers generated by the average US family in one year?
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>Thank you so much.
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