Plastic bottle recycling stagnates in the US
by Frederic Augustin
Data from the Container Recycling Institute
"According to the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR), 5,764 million pounds of PET bottles and jars were available for recycling in 2013. About 85% of those bottles are used for food and beverages, or 4,899 million pounds. NAPCOR reported that 369 million pounds of recycled PET bottles were used in 2013 to make new food and beverage bottles. CRI used this information to calculate the national average recycled content for PET for food and beverage containers." (CRI)
http://www.container-recycling.org/index.php/factsstatistics/plastic