date:Jun 13, 2012
was a voluntary survey not all recipients responded.
PET bottle data was supplied by NAPCOR (National Association for PET Container Resources).
The amount of postconsumer plastic material recovered in Canada for recycling rose to 217m kilograms, representing an increase of 15% from 2009.
The results of the survey, in its second year, are derived from more than 500 companies who handled recycled plastics in North America.
Post-consumer bottles recovered by resin increased by 13% because of a