KEEPING YOU IN THE KNOW

At Phoenix Technologies, we’re serious about recycled PET. After all, we are the global leader in rPET. In fact, PET recycling and pelletizing is our only business, so it’s important to us that our customers, future customers and the public at large understand the value of recycled post-consumer PET, its role in the packages we use everyday, and how it impacts our world.

This section has been provided to answer your questions about PET and provide you with links to other valuable resources you can access to learn more about the value of recycled PET.

Facts about PET

• The PET bottle was patented in 1973 by chemist Nathaniel Wyeth (brother of distinguished American painter Andrew Wyeth)
• The first PET bottle was recycled in 1977
• Cubic yards conserved in a landfill by recycling PET beverage bottles:
  • 4,800 recycled 16-ounce bottles saves a cubic yard
  • 4,050 recycled 20-ounce bottles saves a cubic yard
  • 3,240 recycled 1-liter bottles saves a cubic yard
  • 2,430 recycled 2-liter bottles saves a cubic yard
  • 1,350 recycled 3-liter bottles saves a cubic yard
• According to the EPA, recycling a pound of PET saves approximately 12,000 BTU's
• Fourteen 20 oz. PET bottles yield enough fiber for an extra large T-shirt
• It takes 14 20 oz. PET bottles to make one square foot of carPET
• It takes 63 20 oz. PET bottles to make a sweater
• Fourteen 20 oz. PET bottles yield enough fiberfill for a ski jacket
• It takes 85 20 oz. PET bottles to make enough fiberfill for a sleeping bag

Resource Links
www.plastictechnologies.com
www.preformtechnologies.com     
www.napcor.com
www.plasticsrecycling.org 
www.sustainablepackaging.org  
www.greenblue.org