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COMING SOON: 2023 PET Recycling Report

2022 PET Recycling Report

The 2022 PET Recycling Report marks the 28th year the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) has issued and produced an analysis of postconsumer PET recycling activity in the United States. Founded in 1987, NAPCOR is the trade association for the polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic packaging industry in the United States, Canada and Mexico. NAPCOR is dedicated to promoting the PET package; to overcoming hurdles to the successful recycling of PET; and to communicating the attributes of the PET container as a sustainable package.

NAPCOR’s 2022 PET Recycling Report™ will provide you with the aggregated PET bottle recycling rate for North America, a detailed overview of the recycling of injection stretch blow molded PET bottles and jars in United States, a summary of key events and trends in the PET supply chain, and an analysis of PET thermoform markets and recovery.

What’s Inside

  • PET Bottle Recycling Rates for North America and the U.S.
  • Postconsumer PET Bottle Recycling Activity
    • U.S. PET Bottles Available for Collection
    • Postconsumer PET Purchases
    • Clean RPET Flake Produced (NEW – Clear vs. Color)
    • Material Efficiency Rate & Reclamation Byproducts
    • rPET Imports & End Use Applications (U.S. & Canada)
  • PET Thermoform Market Analysis (U.S. & Canada)
    • PET Thermoform Recycling Activity
    • PET Thermoform Market Inputs / Conversion Feedstock
    • End Markets for PET Thermoforms
    • Thermoform Circularity / Recycling Initiatives
    • Thermoform Converter Activity
    • Expansion of PET Sheet Capacity
  • PET / RPET Supply Chain: 2022 through October 2023
    • Pricing – Virgin / PET Feedstock; rPET Bales; LNO Pellet
    • Reclamation Capacities
    • Trade Activity
    • Market Developments: Supply & Demand Issues

2022 PET Recycling Industry Report

$4,000

2021 PET Recycling Industry Report

$4,000

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Availability of Recycling

In 2015-2016, NAPCOR was part of a collaborative industry study led by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) to assess the availability of recycling programs in the United States and the types of packaging accepted in those programs. The study found that over 90 percent of the U.S. population has PET bottle recycling programs available to them; over 60 percent has non-bottle PET container recycling programs available.

2015-16 Centralized Study on Availability of Recycling
2015-2016 Centralized Study on Availability of Recycling for Beverage Containers

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MRF Material Flow Study

What happens to recyclable items once they get to a MRF? Five national trade associations -- the American Chemistry Council (ACC), the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), the Carton Council of North America (CCNA), the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI), and the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) -- joined together to find out. Overview