This statistic shows the results of a survey among Americans in 2017 in regards to their recycling of plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. As of March 2017, some 51 percent of respondents stated that they were recycling almost all the plastic bottles they used.
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Out of the 10 plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles you use, how many do you recycle?
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Statista Survey. (April 1, 2017). Out of the 10 plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles you use, how many do you recycle? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/695930/americans-recycling-of-pet-bottles-in-the-us/
Statista Survey. "Out of the 10 plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles you use, how many do you recycle?." Chart. April 1, 2017. Statista. Accessed June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/695930/americans-recycling-of-pet-bottles-in-the-us/
Statista Survey. (2017). Out of the 10 plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles you use, how many do you recycle?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 20, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/695930/americans-recycling-of-pet-bottles-in-the-us/
Statista Survey. "Out of The 10 Plastic Polyethylene Terephthalate (Pet) Bottles You Use, How Many Do You Recycle?." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Apr 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/695930/americans-recycling-of-pet-bottles-in-the-us/
Statista Survey, Out of the 10 plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles you use, how many do you recycle? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/695930/americans-recycling-of-pet-bottles-in-the-us/ (last visited June 20, 2025)
Out of the 10 plastic polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles you use, how many do you recycle? [Graph], Statista Survey, April 1, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/695930/americans-recycling-of-pet-bottles-in-the-us/
