Almost no plastic bottles get recycled into new bottles

Beverage bottles are used to make synthetic fabrics for clothing as well as carpeting and bags, Buzzfeed reports.

PET POLYETHELENE TEREPHTALATE PLASTICS

Sprite Is Retiring Its Iconic Green Bottles

Opinion: The new Snapple bottle is better for the environment, but it hurts my eyes – Central Times

What to Recycle - CVWMA

What can and can't be recycled

Plastics Recycling Misses the Point. Here's What We Can Try Next - CNET

Why most plastic isn't getting recycled – The Hill

In New York, Making a Life Out of Bottles and Cans – NBC New York

Will plastics recycling meet its deadline?