terephthalate

The mayor - and the journalists who dutifully conveyed his fears to the public - seemed oblivious to the fact that plastic bottles do not contain phthalates; they are, instead, made with a polyester called polyethylene terephthalate, which is something quite different even though it seems to sound similar.

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The final product is constructed of polyethylene terephthalate, a standard medical plastic, and weighs less than 5g.

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For example, the carbon footprint of manufacturing 100% PCR Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), like in a water bottle, is 60% lower than virgin PET (yes, that includes all the energy to collect, recycle, and remanufacture the plastic).

Adam Lowry: Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic (PCR) Is the Answer Adam Lowry 2011

For example, the carbon footprint of manufacturing 100% PCR Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), like in a water bottle, is 60% lower than virgin PET (yes, that includes all the energy to collect, recycle, and remanufacture the plastic).

Adam Lowry: Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic (PCR) Is the Answer Adam Lowry 2011

Polycarbonate, acrylic, mylar, polyethylene terephthalate (the stuff they use for Coke bottles), maybe silicone if you could find some that's clear.

Why the Moon? Here's Why. - NASA Watch 2009

Mike Esterl/The Wall Street Journal Plastic bottles are sorted at a Coke recycling plant in Spartanburg, S.C. Today, the troubled facility highlights the Atlanta beverage giant's struggles to build a recycling business in the U.S. Last year the plant produced only about a third of its targeted 100 million pounds of plastic recycled from PET, or polyethylene terephthalate.

Bottle Recycling Plan Is Left at the Curb Mike Esterl 2011

Higher resin costs are pushing up the price of polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, the plastic used in a variety of consumer products such as soda bottles and clothing.

Plastic Prices to Pressure Soda Prices Paul Ziobro 2011

Each chair is made of a mix of 60 percent PET plastic (recycled polyethylene terephthalate plastic) and a special combination of other materials, which includes pigment and glass fiber for strength.

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Mr. Gott is currently experimenting with PET bottles aka polyethylene terephthalate, a recycled plastic used for cheap wines in Europe but says it's been a challenge: It's hard to make the PET bottle look large enough.

Paper or Plastic? Wine by the Box, Keg and Can Lettie Teague 2011

Polycarbonate, acrylic, mylar, polyethylene terephthalate (the stuff they use for Coke bottles), maybe silicone if you could find some that's clear.

Why the Moon? Here's Why. - NASA Watch 2009