Pathways to sustainable plastics
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Plastic bottles are everywhere: soft drinks in the supermarket, water bottles, packaging for sauces or salad dressings, the soap bottle in your bathroom, and even in your medicine cabinet. Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is widely used across many industries due to its strength, light weight, transparency, and recyclability. Recycled PET (rPET) is already commercially available and offers a more sustainable option for producers aiming to reduce carbon emissions and support circular economy goals. However, some amount of renewable carbon based virgin PET, including biobased PET, will likely still be needed—to meet growing demand, ensure consistent material quality, comply with food safety standards, and compensate for losses in collection, sorting, and during the (chemical) recycling processes.
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1019873
Source
Bioplastics Magazine, pp. 1-4.
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1-4
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