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Thanks for saying what kind of "plastic" is being referred to! According to Wikipedia, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is about 18% of world polymer productio
by bloak 9y ago
Thanks for saying what kind of "plastic" is being referred to!
According to Wikipedia, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is about 18% of world polymer production and is the fourth-most-produced polymer; 60% of PET is used for clothing and 30% for bottles. The bottles are frequently recycled into clothing, I've been told, so perhaps an even greater proportion of it ends up as clothing.
The most-produced polymer is, of course, PE (polyethylene), which is also used for bottles, but not for carbonated beverages, I think, which always seems to be PET round here.
- twic 9y ago> According to Wikipedia, PET (polyethylene terephthalate) is about 18% of world polymer production and is the fourth-most-produced polymer; 60% of PET is used for clothing As fibre, it's known as dacron OR terylene. I had no idea there was that much dacron/terylene clothing about these days! What gets made out of it?
- eutectic 9y agoSynthetic fleece is typically PET.
- Sharlin 9y agoAnd a major source of microplastic waste.
- glenneroo 9y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong, but I read that this happens particularly from washing synthetic clothing in washing machines where the waste water carries the microplastics into the water supply where they can't (yet) be filtered out.
- Sharlin 9y agoI believe so, yes. Hopefully better filtering solutions will be devised.
- Sharlin 9y agoAround here (Northern Europe) almost all soft drink bottles are recycled/recyclable PET nowadays.