About Recycled Polyester
Recycled Polyester is a solution that addresses the issue of plastic bottle waste, which would otherwise contribute to environmental pollution. This material is a fantastic replacement for traditional virgin polyester, and reduces the need for new petroleum based polyester manufacturing.
The production of recycled polyester generates significantly less CO2 emissions, and 60% less energy consumption.
Recycling Processes
Recycled polyester, known as 'rPET,' is crafted through mechanical or chemical processes. This entails gathering PET, typically from used plastic bottles, and subjecting it to sorting, cleansing, and breakdown stages. The resulting material is then spun into yarn, offering adaptability for integrating performance technologies like moisture-wicking and temperature regulation.
Mechanical Recycling
In the mechanical recycling route, plastic bottles undergo cleansing, fragmentation into flakes, colour sorting, melting into chips, and a subsequent extrusion and texturing process to transform them into fibers.
Chemical Recycling
Chemical recycling employs a series of chemicals to cleanse and break down PET, with yarn spun from the resultant material.
Considerations
Synthetic fibres such as Lycra, polyester and nylon release microfibres when put into a washing machine. For this reason we always recommend using a microplastic wash bag.
While recycled polyester has many benefits, it is still synthetic and therefore releases microfibres. We're working on adding microfibre wash bag to our range but in the meantime, we love the one from Guppy Friend!
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