According to Textile Exchange, 99% of recycled polyester is made from plastic bottles, or PET, putting the fashion industry in competition with the drinks bottle industry, where (in theory) the ...

You see, polyester is the exact same as PET plastic used in water bottles, just in a different shape (threads instead of a bottle). Mechanically recycling PET—melting it down and re-extruding it ...

The global Recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (r-PET) market is poised for significant expansion, growing from US$ 13.11 billion in 2025 to US$ 23.82 billion by 2032.

Many automakers have been using recycled materials in their new cars, particularly with plastics and upholstery. BMW continues this by using old fishing nets and ropes from the maritime industry in ...

The global producer and recycler of PET plastic says its efforts have helped 150 billion PET bottles enter the recycling stream.

Lego has ditched plans to use recycled plastic bottles to make its beloved building blocks after its efforts toward sustainability did not reduce the company’s overall CO2 emissions.

Lego has abandoned plans to make its famous bricks from recycled plastic bottles, saying that the manufacturing process would be more polluting than the current production of oil-based bricks.

"Taking colors out of bottles improves the quality of the recycled material," Julian Ochoa, CEO of R3CYCLE, a plastic group working with Coca-Cola to help with bottle recycling, said in a statement.

Recycled LDPE and HDPE prices, on the other hand, are gaining around €5-10/tonne. Recycled PS prices remain unchanged from the previous month.