date:Jun 13, 2012
The report said 43% of the bottle recovery was polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and 25% was high density polyethylene (HDPE).
The 2010 data represents an increase of 17.6m kilograms (13%) for bottles and an increase of 1.8m kilograms (6%) for non-bottle rigid plastic from 2009.
More material collected
The report, prepared by Moore Recycling Associates, said the growth was a result of more material being collected and an increase incompanies providing recycling information but added because it