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Students from Fremont Elementary School in Riverside, CA, will celebrate America Recycles Day on Nov. 12 by touring CarbonLITE Recycling to see firsthand how plastic bottles are kept out of the waste stream.

The total volume of postconsumer PET bottles collected was the highest reported to date at 1.718 billion pounds, as were both the total amount of RPET produced by U.S. reclaimers, 930 million pounds, and the amount used across major end-use domestic market segments at 1.3 billion pounds.

The US stand-up pouch market has seen dramatic growth over the past five years, increasing by 50% in unit volume terms to approaching 17 billion units in 2013. Beverages and pet food are the largest end use categories, each accounting for one-third of demand, closely followed by human food applications with around 30% share.

Consumers also point to product’s packaging as first place to learn if the product is recyclable

Forty-five percent of U.S. households can now recycle cartons through their curbside recycling programs and other recycling venues, thanks to a unique voluntary private and public collaboration that includes industry, recycling facilities and local governments.

US demand for beverage containers is expected to increase 1.7% annually through 2017 to 265 billion units, valued at $29.1 billion.

Bottled water uses 1.39 liters for every 1 liter of bottled water, which is lowest among packaged beverages

Mayor encourages Milwaukeeans to think beyond the bag and recycle wraps

The winning design is a clear, 750 ml glass bottle featuring a star shape shoulder that carries up around the bottle neck.

New recycling plant in Abilene, TX to produce bottle-grade PET resin from post-consumer plastic bottles