Did you know?
1. 80% of Americans have access to a plastic recycling program.
2. Recycling one ton of plastic saves 7.4 cubic yards of land fill space.
3. In 1986 the state of California imposed a Five cent deposit on PET bottles.
4. The state of California has a 60% recycling rate for its beverage bottles.
5. The first PET bottle was recycled in 1977.
6. Worldwide approximately 1.5 million tons of PET are collected per year.
7. It takes 450 years for one PET plastic bottle to break down in a land fill.
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