Plastics recycling bottles

Pszozola, D.E. Bottle Manufacturer Operates Plastic Recycling Plant, Food Technology. 54 (January 1991). 

According to the Container Recycling Institute, only 14 percent of plastic water bottles are recycled. 

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) A plastic resin of the polyester family and one of the most common thermoformed plastics. Plastic soda bottle are a common PET product. PET is also fully recyclable. 

According to the American Plastics Council (APC), more than 80 percent of all U.S. households have access to a plastics recycling program, and about 17,000 communities now collect plastics for recycling, half of which offer residents curbside collection. However, all types of plastics are not collected for recycling in all communities. It varies from place to place. Of course, the items most commonly recycled are plastic bottles. 

Another market for recycled PET is plastic strapping, which is replacing the traditional metal strapping in packaging industry. Since extrusion of PET into straps requires high IV PET, recycled-bottle-grade PET is ideal. Because most... 

Consider using recycled plastic wood for floors, fences, play equipment, and decks. It prevents plastic drink bottles from going into landfills and can even be recycled again. 

In 1993, collaboration between Patagonia and Malden Mills (now Polartec) led to the early development of recycled polyester fibre (from Wellman Inc.) for use in Synchilla fleece made from plastic soda bottles that diverted waste from landfills. Later, PCR filament yam was made for linings and shell fabrics from 30% to 50% post-consumer materials (bottles, polyester uniforms, tents and garments) with the remainder sourced from post-industrial waste. Clothes, at end of life, if constituted from one fibre type, can be recyclable. In theory, consumers may return a polyester garment to be forwarded to a processor to be re-made into fibre or downgraded to other forms of plastic. 

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