Full Definition of INTERACT. intransitive verb. : to act upon one another. See interact defined for English-language learners. See interact defined for kids.
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.
In addition, 3 and 5 gallon plastic bottled water containers are reused between 30-50 times before being recycled. Bottled water bottles are also the most frequently recycled PET beverage containers in curbside recycling programs, according to the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR).