The world highest level is maintained by the collection rate 63.7%, and the PET bottle collection rate of Japan : in the most in the world.

The collection rate improves by 1.4 points compared with the previous year, and keeps rising steadily according to release. For instance, it rises up to 34.5% in 2000, and 53.4% of the majority is achieved in 2002 though there was only 9.8% in 1997 of the measurement beginning. It is possible to look for the effort as the collection rate is increased while the number of production of PET bottles increases. By the way, the production of the PET bottle in fiscal year 2005 becomes 533,000 tons.

PET bottle recycling situation comparison of Japan-U.S.-Euro

The height of the collection rate of Japan is more obvious than that of Europe and America. Europe doesn't yet both reach half the number in the United States. It has inadvertently decreased oppositely in the United States until recently though Europe raises the collection rate to the steady pace even so.

The collection rate of the PET bottle that the local authority such as cities, towns, and villages collects is decreasing after peaking in fiscal year 2003 while the number of PET bottles collected by the entrepreneur in the railway, super, and the vending machine, etc. increases if the collection and the recycling situation in each field are seen. This seems it is because the number of cases by the original processing route that is sold off to it is not because the recycling desire of the home lowers but China in charge and exported increased.

Recycling general condition of PET bottle

I hear that guidance and the presentation of a basic policy were being done by the country and Environment Agency in the report so that these "Export PET bottle" may bring the earnings diminishing of a domestic recycling manufacture successively.

PET bottle that is also light weight, uses easily, and being used by a lot of people because it is easy. However, the recycling value as "Resource" that uses oil is high. It is necessary to make the amount wisdom work because Japan is a country where the resource doesn't exist originally and to work hard at recycling (Because Japan was an excellent country originally for a long time in the knowhow of recycling). Let's think the person is a lot useful by throwing away to the place neatly decided even if it is a little troublesome. It is likely to be able to become good feelings for a moment however that much.