PET bottles

Authors: Magdalena Lukešová Kateřina Marečková

Eva Rubínková1

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What does PET mean?

P E Toly thylene erephthalate

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Synthesis of PET

+ethylene glycolterephthalic acid

ET – Ethylene Terephthalate

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bottle production – 30 %

Major production of PET for...synthetic fibres – 60 %

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What is recycling?

═ reprocessing into new products

═ lower consumption of raw materials

═ collection, sorting, reclamation and marketing

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4 methods of recycling

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• reuse

• mechanical recycling

• chemical recycling

• thermal recovery

Wide range of use:food-processing industry

pharmaceutical industry

chemical industry

agriculture

building industry

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5x

Do U know, that... ?

20x 35x

60x1 m2

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Thank you for your attention

and

.... . .... ... !

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