Recycled PET (R-pet) is a material that offers us a huge possibility, that of cleaning up beaches, seas and landfills from tons of waste thanks to the endless recycling and reuse of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) or the material with which are made the classic bottles of water, but not only of course. The recovered and collected plastic is taken to recycling centers where foreign bodies are first removed and then shredded until it is reduced to small parts called flakes. The flakes are subjected to a washing process that makes this material reach a very high degree of purity. Subjected to a temperature of 250 ° C, PET becomes a mass of synthetic material, viscous and malleable at will. During the cooling process the synthetic material then stiffens into the desired shape. At this point, PET can be reused to produce new plastic bottles but also to obtain a fiber to be used as a filling material, for backpacks, sports shoes and much more, products for which its resistance and resistance characteristics can be exploited. impermeability. In fact, PET in the recycling process never loses its characteristics
Recycled PET is ecological and eco-sustainable and contributes to the realization of a circular economy and reuse. To guarantee the seriousness and reliability of recycling, altramoda suppliers certify the correctness and sustainability of the process, such as Waste2Wear and bluesign®.
Some data:
Up to 3 kg of CO2 is saved for every kilogram of recycled PET
the PET recycling process uses 50% less energy and 90% less water than the production of PET from virgin raw material and offers a 75% reduction in the carbon footprint
