PET bottles are almost completely recycled. The majority of them are reused as drinks bottles after recycling. Just under a quarter of the recycled bottles, on the other hand, are reused by the textile fibre industry. Innovative companies then use them to make school bags, for example.
Old PET bottles become school bags. Just in time for the start of school, the PET Forum in the Industrial Association for Plastic Packaging (IK) emphasises the good recyclability of the material "polyethylene terephthalate" (PET). Plastic bottles are preferably made from PET. According to the IK, the material is 100 per cent recyclable. recyclable. Recycled PET is not only used to make new bottles, but also school bags.
The popular school bag brand "ergobag" According to IK, the Cologne-based "Fond of GmbH" is an example of many innovative companies that use recycled PET. The school bags are made entirely from recycled PET bottles. More than 50 former drinks containers end up in one bag. This recycling reduces the environmental impact: The amount of waste water is reduced by 20 per cent, energy consumption by 50 per cent and pollutant emissions by 60 per cent.
[infotext icon]PET wird nach Angaben des IK in Deutschland weitgehend komplett wiederverwertet. 98,8 Prozent aller pfandflichtigen PET-Getränkeverpackungen gelangten in die Wertstoffsammlung. Die Recycling-Quote von nicht pfandpflichtigen PET-Getränkeflaschen betrage 93,5 Prozent. PET-Pfandflaschen werden sogar zu 97,7 Prozent recycelt. Knapp ein Viertel der recycelten PET-Flaschen werden von der Textilfaser-Industrie weiterverarbeitet, beispielsweise zu Schulranzen, Baustoffen, Kleidern und Küchen.[/infotext]
