Eco-friendly Big Bags made of recycled rPET
rPET recycled eco-friendly Big Bags are made from PET completely recovered from recycled bottles. In this way, we contribute to the better reuse of our waste and promote environmental protection. This is the Big Bag most environmentally friendly, recyclable and recyclable PET can be recycled several times indefinitely without losing its properties.
Creation process
Approximately 50 PET bottles are needed to create a Big Bag weighing approximately 2 kg.
PET bottles are collected at waste collection points and transported to processing plants where they are first sorted by color (blue, green and transparent) and then subjected to an initial washing process. The caps are separated from the body of the bottles and the latter are crushed into small pieces that are rewashed and disinfected.
From here, the process is similar to the conventional one: the PET granules are processed in an extruder machine to create coils of yarn of PET to be used to feed the looms for the manufacture of fabric to make the rPET ecological Big Bags.
Characteristics
rPET Big Bags can be manufactured with practically the same configurations and customized features for each customer, just as it has been done with the traditional Polypropylene Big Bag, including sizes, mouths and bottoms, resistance and printing possibilities.
PET is UV stable, so Big Bag of rPET does not require UV treatment.
Big Bags rPET have a slightly shinier appearance than those made with PP and their printing also produces a better finish.
PET is somewhat stiffer than PP, so Big Bags made from rPET are slightly more stable than those made from PP.
Benefits
The cost of a rPET Big Bag is approximately 20% higher than a similar one made of traditional Polypropylene, but the benefits for the environment are incalculable:
– Marine pollution is reduced, mainly
– CO2 emissions are reduced in the manufacture of each Big Bag
– The need for other raw materials is reduced
– Waste produced by human action is reused
– It can be recycled again and thus start a new cycle of reuse.
Route plan
The European Parliament is already legislating and setting binding targets to regulate the use and reuse of plastics, as well as the recycling of plastic bags and polypropylene. recycling of plastic and polypropylene bags.:
– From 2021, ban plastic items such as plates, cups, cutlery and other items made of Polystyrene.
– Ban free plastic bags and encourage bags made from other recycled materials
– Mandatory use of 25% recycled material in PET beverage bottles from 2025
– Mandatory use of 30% in beverage bottles of all materials from 2030
– More information here.
The products made with natural materials such as Cotton Bags or the Jute Bags are also considered environmentally friendly, as they are made from environmentally friendly and biodegradable materials.
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