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2. Low plastic water bottle - Wikipedia

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   The plastic reduction in the bottles themselves saves 75 million pounds of plastic. Thinner plastic bottles are harder to recycle. The average yield of PET bottle recycling in Europe dropped from 73% to 63% between 2011 and 2017, with low-plastic bottles being blamed for a higher moisture content in recycling bales, and for producing thinner ...

3. Plastic container - Wikipedia

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   Today packaging is the largest use of plastic resins, accounting for 36% (158 million tonnes) of the world's total plastic production by mass. Plastic packaging is used in the commercial, retail, household, tourism and agricultural sectors.

4. History of bottle recycling in the United States - Wikipedia

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   PET reclaimers shred plastic bottles into flakes and then wash them, before reselling them as flakes or pellets to be used for new soda bottles or polyester fiber. [6] For bottle-to-bottle recycling, the bottles have to be decontaminated which was achieved by introducing "super-clean recycling processes," which in the US was done for the first ...

5. Bottle recycling - Wikipedia

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   In fact for every 10% of cullet added to the production of a new bottle, energy usage goes down by 3-4%. [2] Recycling one ton of glass can save approximately 42 kWh of energy which translates to 7.5 pounds of air pollutants not being released into the atmosphere. [6] An example of a "Bale" of plastic bottles at a recycling center.

6. Container deposit legislation in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Canned wine with Iowa 5¢ and Maine 15¢ insignia Cans discarded less than two years after the Oregon Bottle Bill was passed.. California (5¢; for bottles 24 U.S. fl oz (710 mL) or greater, 10¢; boxed wine, wine pouches and cartons 25¢), California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act (AB 2020) implemented in 1987, last revision made January 2024.

7. Los Angeles County sues PepsiCo and Coca-Cola over plastic ...

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   Los Angeles County has sued beverage makers PepsiCo and Coca-Cola, accusing them of polluting the most populous U.S. county with plastic bottles and misleading the public about the environmental ...