Actual Volume of Collected PET Bottles and Collection Rate/Uses of Recycled PET Flakes

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Actual Volume of Collected PET Bottles and Collection Rate

Old collection rate

	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	251,962	74,752	326,714	529,847	61.7
2006	268,266	92,262	360,528	543,840	66.3
2007	283,441	113,088	396,529	572,228	69.3
2008	283,866	161,591	445,457	573,105	77.7
2009	287,340	150,017	437,357	564,743	77.4
2010	296,815	133,557	430,372	596,060	72.2
2011	297,839	183,060	480,899	603,951	79.6
2012	299,241	227,995	527,236	582,896	90.5
2013	301,787	226,752	528,539	578,706	91.3
2014	292,455	239,853	532,308	569,257	93.5
2015	292,881	220,040	512,921	562,981	91.1
2016	298,466	230,914	529,380	596,056	88.8
2017	302,236	239,012	541,248	587,351	92.2
2018	282,140	289,898	572,038	625,547	91.4
2019	285,241	267,110	552,350	593,380	93.1
2020	297,081	237,634	534,715	551,253	97.0
2021	306,192	240,143	546,335	580,917	94.0

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

unit : thousand tons

Uses	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Uses	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume
Sheets	69.7	101.2	95.7	95.1	84.3	96.8
Fibers	87.5	83.7	87.5	72.7	59.2	95.7
Bottles	14.4	11.1	4.7	1.7	19.9	26.1
Moldings and Others	18.0	7.6	3.8	5.5	9.1	9.7
Total	189.5	203.5	191.7	175.0	172.6	228.3

Uses	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017
Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume
Sheets	85.5	88.7	90.1	104.7	110.4	117.5
Fibers	83.9	93.1	88.0	78.5	65.8	63.3
Bottle to Bottle	27.1	40.3	33.6	37.2	57.5	61.3
Moldings and Others	9.7	8.5	13.4	5.9	5.6	6.8
Total	206.2	230.6	225.2	226.3	239.2	249.0

Uses	2018	2019	2020	2021
Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume	Domestic Volume
Sheets	131.8	132.6	117.3	120.2
Fibers	58.8	63.1	47.5	64.5
Bottle to Bottle	72.7	74.2	86.3	117.6
Moldings and Others	6.4	6.9	5.9	8.2
Packing films and labels				2.3
Pellets for export		28.1	30.9	42.7
Total	276.4	305.0	288.0	355.6

The Council of PET Bottle Recycling (CPBR)

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

JCPRA: Japan Containers & Packaging Recycling Association

Utilization of Recycled Materials and Its Volume in 2021

unit : thousand tons

Uses	Detailes	Volumes
Bottle to bottle (Bottle for Food)		117.6
Sheets	Food trays (egg cartons, fruit and vegetable trays, etc.)	85.6
	Blister pack (for blister packaging of daily necessities, etc.)	10.0
	Partitions for food (cup noodle trays, partitions, etc.)	3.1
	Others (industrial trays, stationery/office supplies, etc.)	21.6
Fibers	Clothing (uniforms, sportswear, etc.)	27.5
	Automobile/railroad related (interior materials such as ceiling materials and floor materials, sound absorbing materials)	19.6
	Interior and bedding (carpets, curtains, futons, etc.)	10.6
	Civil engineering and construction materials (waterproof, weed control, sound absorbing sheets, etc.)	4.1
	Household items (draining bags, wipers, etc.)	2.0
	Personal items (aprons, hats, ties, work gloves, etc.)	0.7
	General materials (tents, banners, anti-ball nets, etc.)	0.1
	Others (thread, non-woven fabric, etc.)	0.0
Moldings	Civil engineering and construction materials (drainage pipes, drainage basins, building materials, etc.)	1.0
	General materials (tying bands, collection boxes, transport cases, etc.)	0.6
	Others (stationery, office supplies, gardening supplies, garbage bags, clothing, etc.)	6.6
Packaging films and labels		2.3
Pellets for export		42.7
Others	Others (additives, paints, films, etc.)	0.1
Total		355.6

Source: The Council of PET Bottle Recycling (CPBR)