Learn how to transform plastic waste into coasters using basic tools and equipment. This process involves melting and molding recycled plastic. A bottle jack press and spare mold inserts can shape ...

Lightweight and shatterproof, polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic is recyclable, although most items made from it don't get recycled. This is because reclaimed PET (rPET) just isn't as good as ...

Unlike standard mechanical recycling, which “downcycles” plastic into a lower-quality material, the enzymatic process makes it possible to recycle a bottle into a material that’s equal in quality to ...

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a representative general-purpose plastic, is a material used in various applications, including PET bottles, clothing, seat belts, takeaway cups, and vehicle mats.

With filtration fineness of 60 µm, self-cleaning ECO melt filters by Ettlinger, Königsbrunn, Germany, part of Maag and Dover, Downers Grove, Illinois, are designed to facilitate treating recycled ...

In most cases the additional moisture increases the plasticity of the PET melt, resulting in a higher flowability. As a result of hygroscopic behavior PET’s melt flow rate (MFR) parameters are highly ...

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) is a popular plastic for making clear, semi-rigid containers such as water bottles and packaging inserts; it also accounts for 12% of solid waste globally.