Recycling Pet Plastic Bottles

In ghana recyclable materials are collected by so called pickers and sold to nearby middlemen who organise and pay for the materials to.

Recycling pet plastic bottles.

The first polyethylene terephthalate pet disposable soda bottle was introduced back in 1975. According to petra the pet resin association the u s. In many countries pet plastics are coded with the resin identification code number 1 inside the universal recycling symbol usually located on the bottom of the. Pet polyethylene terephthalate is represented with the no 1 logo.

Bottles made of polyethylene terephthalate pet sometimes pete can be recycled and used to manufacture new bottles and containers thermoform packaging strapping and are also used in fiber applications such as carpet and apparel. Recycling plastic always reduces waste. Pet recycling avoids used drinks bottles from being landfilled. However if we look at plastic bottles for instance humans buy a million plastic bottles per minute and 91 of all plastic is not recycled this article is going to cover what makes plastic recycling so important how to recycle pet and the future of.

We buy scrap pet plastic. Recycling rate is about 31 in 2012 while it is 52 in the european union in 2016 the u s. An interdisciplinary collaboration between students from zurich universities and ghanaian pet recycling startup repatrn has designed a concept for compressing bottles that will allow recycling pet bottles to be economically viable in ghana. Let s briefly explore the history of beverage bottles to gain insights into plastic bottle recycling.

Recycled polyethylene terephthalate is known as rpet and it is the most widely recycled plastic in the world. A word often related to large companies receiving tons and tons of paper or plastic in an effort to reduce our carbon footprint. Previously people used refillable glass bottles putting the burden on businesses to transport.