[GRRN] Percentages of HDPE bottles v. PET bottles in recycling stream

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In Orange Co. NC, we are trying to disaggregate our plastic bottles which are sold mixed HDPE and PET. The three number sets we have so far suggest a split of:

55/45 PET to HDPE (our own drop off data for three months ― volumetric only, not verified, no curbside data),

49.5:50.5 PET: HDPE according to APC 1998 recycling survey data

and

>From our recent waste sort, what was landfilled in the res and multifamily sectors (which could reflect the obverse of the recycling or parallel it ― don't know) residential sector 55:45 PET:HDPE in 2000,
50:50 PET:HDPE in 1995 sort,
multifamily PET:HDPE 56:44 in 2000, and
in 1995 PET:HDPE54:46

We are a non-bottle bill state without mandatory recycling, what else ya got? Thanks.

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