PET bottles

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PET bottles

• Authors Magdalena Lukešová
• Katerina Marecková
• Eva Rubínková

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What does PET mean?
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Synthesis of PET


ethylene glycol
terephthalic acid
ET Ethylene Terephthalate
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Major production of PET for...
synthetic fibres 60

• bottle production 30

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What is recycling?

• reprocessing into new
• products
• lower consumption of raw
• materials
• collection, sorting,
• reclamation and marketing

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4 methods of recycling

• reuse

• mechanical recycling

• chemical recycling

• thermal recovery

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Wide range of use
food-processing industry pharmaceutical
industry chemical industry agriculture
building industry
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Do U know, that... ?
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1 m2
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Thank you for your attention and .... .
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Sort waste! It is worth it!
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