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Petcore, the European trade association that fosters the collection and recycling of PET, reported that in the EU 28+2, [6] out of 3.4 Mt bottles sold, 2.1Mt of PET bottles were collected in 2018 (so around 2/3). 1.35Mt of r-PET were produced for which the end uses were:
[60] [61] PET bottles lend themselves well to recycling (see below). In many countries PET bottles are recycled to a substantial degree, [60] for example about 75% in Switzerland. [62] The term rPET is commonly used to describe the recycled material, though it is also referred to as R-PET or post-consumer PET (POSTC-PET). [63] [64]
In 2011 they opened PET bottle recycling operation producing bottles made from recycled plastics that can be recycled in an endless "closed loop". [19] In 2014 the company launched the Ice River Green brand of bottled water in order to utilize the recycled green, food-grade, PET plastic that might otherwise be downcycled.
For bottle-to-bottle recycling, the bottles have to be decontaminated which was achieved by introducing "super-clean recycling processes," which in the US was done for the first time in 1991. [5] These processes clean "recycled PET flakes to contamination levels similar to virgin PET pellets," so that they can be reused as beverage containers.
The plant, which entered into administration on 29 October, recycled plastic bottles and had a "comprehensive production line", including the latest innovations in recycled polyethylene ...
In open-loop recycling, also known as secondary recycling, or downcycling, the quality of the plastic is reduced each time it is recycled, so that the material eventually becomes unrecyclable. It is the most common type. [97] Recycling PET bottles into fleece or other fibres is a common example, and accounts for the majority of PET recycling. [100]
Petcore was founded in 1993 to promote the collection, sorting and recycling of post-consumer PET bottles. It networks with national collection agencies, governments, and the recycling industry. [citation needed]
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