Eunomia was commissioned by the Global Beverage Can Circularity Alliance (GBCCA) to calculate the collected for recycling and recycling rates for aluminium cans, PET bottles, and glass bottles across global markets.
Conducted in 2025 as the first in a three-year series, the research captured data representing 90% of the global market for aluminium cans, 88% for PET bottles, and 84% for glass bottles.
The findings support GBCCA’s goal of achieving an 80% recycling rate for used beverage cans by 2030 and near 100% by 2050, helping to track global progress and benchmark aluminium’s performance against other materials.
Results show that aluminium cans achieved the highest recycling and collection rates, PET bottles experienced the largest material losses during sorting and processing, and data quality varied widely across countries, with some gaps filled using regional averages that had minimal effect on overall results.
Detailed data are provided in the accompanying Report and Excel dataset.
