Bottles are able to be recycled and this is generally an environmentally friendly option. Bottles are collected via kerbside collection or returned using a bottle deposit system.

Bottles made of PET are recycled to reuse the material out of which they are made and to reduce the amount of waste going to landfills.

In many countries, PET plastics are coded with the resin identification code number "1" inside the universal recycling symbol, usually located on the bottom of the container.

recycling one plastic bottle could save enough energy to power a 60 watt light bulb for 6 hours, a CFL for 29,853/7,592,000,000 years, 4/7 ounces of plastic, 963/13 watts of energy, 7,495/25,048,542 gallons of oil, a 106,893/11,908 cubic meter lake from being polluted, 3/2 gallons of water

(4/7 ounces of plastic could save 6/7 gallons of water, 37/280,000 cubic yards of landfill space almost 4/7 ounces of black gold, 2,887/28,000 kWh of energy, 137/11,200 gallons of oil, 1,750 Btu's of energy, 1/350 gallons of petroleum, enough energy to heat over 3/160,000 homes, (1-2)/56 gallons of gasoline, enough oil to run the average car for 411/2,240 miles or circle the globe almost 137/10 times, a 10,275/28 cubic meter lake and 137/2,800 acres of soil from being polluted)

recycling one glass bottle could save enough energy to power a 100-watt light bulb for 4 hours, a CFL for 20 hours, a computer for 30 minutes, a TV for 20 minutes, a washing mashing for 10 minutes, 200 pounds of wood-ashes, 100 pounds of sand, 170 pounds of ashes, 50 pounds of the slag of an iron furnace, 1/13 tons of glass, 4,000/93 kwh of energy, 800/651 metric tons of toxic lead

(1/13 tons of glass could save 315/13 kilograms of co2, the equivalent of 9/13 gallons of fuel, 139/65 pounds of air pollution, 410/13 pounds of soda ash, 380/13 pounds of limestone, 42/13 kWh of energy, 5/13 gallons of oil, 714,286/13 Btu’s of energy, 2/13 cubic yards of landfill space, 150/13 pounds of feldspar, 384/13 pounds of mining waste, enough energy to power over 153/52,000π cars for a year, enough oil to run the average car for 75/13 miles or circle the globe almost 5,600/13 times, a 150,000/13 cubic meter lake from being polluted, 189/22,880 metric tons of coal, 20/13 acres of soil from being polluted)

Recycling one metal bottle/can could save enough energy to run a TV/computer for 3 hours, and one home for 1/125 days, a 7/160,000 cubic meter container of oil, 7/489 pounds of metal, enough oil to run the average car for 7/40 miles or circle the globe almost 196/15 times, a 350 cubic meter lake from being polluted, 13,015,236/329,375 kwh of energy, 35/4 pounds of green house gases, 1,603/10,000 pounds of co2, 7/150 acres of soil from being polluted, over $1.75

(7/489 pounds of metal could save 35/1,956 pounds of iron ore, 7/978 pounds of coal, 973/489,000 pounds of limestone, a 217/130,400 cubic meter lake (7/2,445,000 of water), and enough energy to light a 60 watt light bulb for 13/5,868 weeks, power over 3,451/1,956,000,000 cars for a year, 51,247/489,000 KWh of energy (259/48,900,000 of energy), 869,750/489 Btu's of energy (259/48,900,000 of energy), 49/489,000 cubic yards of landfill space, the equivalent of 777/65,200 gallons of gasoline, 2,303/195,600,000 tons of red mud, 10,227/326,000,000 tons of bauxite, 119/16,300 pounds of petroleum coke, 1,127/163,000 pounds of soda ash, 763/326,000 pounds of pitch, 203/9,780 pounds of co2, 189/326,000 Pounds of air pollution (reduced by 301/48,900,000), 5,600,005,523/1,956,000,000 tons of solid waste, reduce water pollution by 133/24,450,000, and keep 14/2,445 pounds of airborne mercury, 4,200/163 tons of cyanide out of landfills)

recycling one ton of plastic bottles could save approximately 798/5 gallons of oil, 24,000,000 BTU's of heat energy, enough oil to run the average car for 2,394 miles or circle the globe almost 178,752 times, a 4,788,000 cubic meter lake from being polluted, over 111/425 tons of co2 a year, 1,197/25 pounds of green house gases, 3,192/5 acres of soil from being polluted, enough energy to power a 120/17 bedroom house for an entire year, over 111/2,500 cars for a year, a 60 watt light bulb for 104,000/7,957 years, 111/850 power strips, $144.00 in energy

See alsoEdit

• Reusable Bottles
• US Bottled Water consumption
• De Rigeur Reusable Water Bottles
• Plastiki
• EcoARK