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Estimated 1998 Alcoholic Beverage Container Recovery in British Columbia
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Container Type |
Units Sold |
Recovery Rate |
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Non-refillable glass |
77,587,571 |
71% |
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Refillable glass |
194,439,928 |
96% |
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Cans |
381,016,789 |
92% |
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PET |
6,834,178 |
49% |
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Other |
1,596,504 |
22% |
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Total |
661,474,970 |
90% |
Source: Clarissa Morawski, "Alcohol Beverage Container Recovery in British Columbia," Solid Waste and Recycling, August/September 1999.
Note: Refillable glass accounts for 29% of alcoholic beverage container sales in B.C. because Canadian brewers distribute bottled domestic beer in refillable bottles only.
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