The Carton Council of North America announced it met its 2013 goal of expanding access to carton recycling among US households, with 48 percent now having access. That represents a 16.4 percent increase from the previous year, and includes the expansion of carton recycling from 43 to 45 states. In 2009, only 18 percent of US households had access to carton recycling. Now, 56.1 million households have access.