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What does it cost to recycle a two liter bottle?
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The answer depends on many factors including the cost of energy. However, http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/080508-llm-recycle-plastic.html provides a snapshot value by stating: ""Plastics News," a trade magazine, lists the recent price of PET virgin bottle resin pellets between 83 and 85 cents a pound, compared to only 58 to 66 cents a pound for PET recycled pellets."
Plastic bottle weights vary between different brands, but if we assume a particular bottle weighs about 1/20 of a pound when empty, the above implies the recycling cost for such a bottle is about $0.03.
Plastic bottle weights vary between different brands, but if we assume a particular bottle weighs about 1/20 of a pound when empty, the above implies the recycling cost for such a bottle is about $0.03.
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