Most beverage bottles today are plastic, and Americans use about 425 beverage containers per person per year. For plastic water bottles, only 30% get recycled and 70% end up in landfills, oceans, as litter, or get incinerated.
States with bottle bills have a
higher rate of return for empty
beverage containers that are
redeemable. In general, states with bottle bill redemption laws have a 75% to 80% return rate on redeemable containers. Studies show that beverage container legislation has reduced total roadside litter by between 30% and 64% in states that have bottle bills.
