date:Jun 13, 2012
n increase in collection, made up of 62.4% of PET, 23.1% of HDPE coloured bottles and 12.5% of HDPE natural bottles.
Geographic outlook
82% of the material reported was reclaimed in Canada or the US, 16% was exported overseas and the report said the remaining 2% was unknown.
It added the data showed the majority of the material collected is staying in Canada for reclamation and remanufacture.
Rigid plastic recovered by resin in kilograms included 95,523,691 of PET, 63,902,026 of HDPE, 9,596