In 2019, approximately 55 percent of disposed PET containers were recycled in Brazil, amounting to 311 thousand metric tons. This represents an increase of approximately 12 percent in comparison to the 278 thousand tons recycled a year earlier. That year, bottle manufacturers were the largest consumers of recycled PET in Brazil.
PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019
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Quantity recycled in thousand metric tons
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Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET. (May 13, 2020). PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 25, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/
Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET. "PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons)." Chart. May 13, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/
Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET. (2020). PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 25, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/
Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET. "Pet Containers Recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 Metric Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 May 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/
Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET, PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/ (last visited August 25, 2024)
PET containers recycled in Brazil from 2014 to 2019 (in 1,000 metric tons) [Graph], Associação Brasileira da Indústria do PET, May 13, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1133759/brazil-pet-containers-recycled-volume/