Outline of the Council for PET Bottle Recycling
Trend of PET Bottle Resin Polymer in Japan
Actual Volume of Collected PET Bottles and Collection Rate
Uses of Recycled PET Flakes from PET Bottles in Japan
Voluntary Design Guidelines for Designated PET bottles
Actual Volume of Collected PET Bottles and Collection Rate
Old collection rate
November.2009
numerator(ton) denominator(ton) Collection rate
Municipalities collection Volume of total collection Volume of PET bottle resin (%)
1993 528 528 123,798 0.4
1994 1,366 1,366 150,282 0.9
1995 2,594 2,594 142,110 1.8
1996 5,094 5,094 172,902 2.9
1997 21,361 21,361 218,806 9.8
1998 47,620 47,620 281,927 16.9
1999 75,811 75,811 332,202 22.8
2000 124,873 124,873 361,944 34.5
  Municipalities collection Voluntary collection Volume of total collection Volume of PET bottle resin Collection rate
2001 161,651 15,535 177,186 402,727 44.0
2002 188,194 32,062 220,256 412,565 53.4
2003 211,753 54,652 266,405 436,556 61.0
2004 238,469 81,424 319,893 513,712 62.3
Old collection rate=Volume of total collection/Volume of PET bottle resin
New collection rate
numerator(ton) denominator(ton) Collection rate
Municipalities collection Voluntary collection of post consumer PET bottles Volume of total collection Volume of sold PET bottles (%)
2005 251,963 74,752 326,714 529,847 61.7
2006 268,266 92,262 360,527 543,840 66.3
2007 283,441 113,088 396,527 573,198 69.2
2008 283,866 161,591 445,457 571,363 77.9
New collection rate=Volume of total collection/Volume of sold PET bottles
Remarks :
These PET bottles are only Recycling designated PET bottles
(soft drinks, soy sauce,liquors and milky drinks)
(from 2008:drinks and specific seasonings(soy souce,noodle soup, and vinegar,etc.))

Uses of Recycled PET Flakes from PET Bottles in Japan
February.2010
unit : tons
 FibersSheetsBottlesMoldings
and Others
Total
 Domestic VolumeDomestic VolumeDomestic VolumeDomestic VolumeDomestic Volume
  JCPRA
Data
 JCPRA
Data
 JCPRA
Data
 JCPRA
Data
 JCPRA
Data
1997-6,077-1,112-756-453-8,398
1998-16,895-5,218-211-1,585-23,909
1999-25,188-11,450-179-2,788-39,605
2000-38,317-23,407-326-6,525-68,575
2001-48,659-37,510-381-8,362-94,912
2002-58,940-45,632-606-7,307-112,485
2003-57,445-50,021-11,312-5,520-124,298
2004-63,554-54,589-23,351-6,204-147,698
2005-64,103-58,788-12,134-8,007-143,032
200687,45355,45869,67741,08814,3816,49317,9533,406189,464106,445
200783,70261,292101,17343,28511,0893,9157,5653,355203,528111,847
200887,45767,68595,65746,8084,6723,2783,7913,726191,577121,497
45.7%|49.9%|2.4%|2.0%|100.0%|
Remarks:
As from 2006, domestic total volume has become available via the CPBR survey, while the limited volume had been covered through JCPRA in and before 2005.
CPBR: The Council of PET Bottle Recycling
JCPRA: Japan Containers & Packaging Recycling Association
PET
The Council for PET Bottle Recycling