ALBANY, N.Y., April 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Recycled polyethylene terephthalate, which in industry parlance is known as RPET, is the most widely recycled plastic in the world. According to the PET Resin Association, in 2012, the European Union registered 52% recycling rate higher than about 31% registered in the U.S. In fact, in 2015, nearly 1.8 billion pounds of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) worldwide were recycled to make a variety of end products. These include polyester carpet fiber, athletic shoes, and fabric for T-shirts among others. Importantly, the use of recycled PET in place of virgin PET results in reduced energy consumption, reduced environmental impact, and lower cost.
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Meanwhile, According to the U.S. EPA, 1% of municipal solid waste in the country is related to PET containers. To curb this, post use, PET material is collected via curbside recycling process that involves both single-stream and dual-stream approaches. The PET collected is sorted at material recovery centers, and baled for shipment to a PET recycling facility.
Coming back to the advantages of recycling of PET, most plastic products end up in landfills or run into water bodies. The land and air pollution associated with overflow of landfills poses health hazards for populations, and loss of aquatic life with plastic-associated water pollution in water bodies. Such serious…