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On a national basis, that means an average of 35.8m plastic bottles are used every day, but only 19.8m are recycled each day. So an average of 16m plastic bottles a day are not being recycled and are ending up in landfill â and eventually the worldâs oceans, where they will take years to break down.
There are two main types of recycled plastic: PET, or #1 plastic, can be translucent or tinted, making it the clear choice for water and soft drink bottlesâthough the higher the percentage of recycled material, the more discoloration that occurs, says Marny Bielefeldt, marketing manager at St. Louis-based Alpha Packaging.