The consumption and recycling collection system of PET bottles: A case study of Beijing, China

Zhang, Hua; Wen, Zongguo

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2013.07.015

Cited by 134 publications

(99 citation statements)

References 11 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…Among these products, bottle grade PET is generally used for water and beverage packaging due to its lightweight, inexpensive price, resistance to microorganisms, and light [4][5][6]. Bottles of water, soft drinks, and other beverages constitute 83-84% of global PET resin requirement [7]. Furthermore, the projected demand for PET packaging materials is forecasted to reach 20 million tons by 2019 with an annual increase of 4.6% [8].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Burning method arises releasing toxic fumes into the atmosphere, causing environmental pollution and health risks [4,10]. As an acceptable solution, the recycling of PET bottles enables the conservation of natural sources such as fossil fuels and energy, solving landfill problem, reducing greenhouse gas emission, lowering carbon footprint, creating new business opportunities as well as a contribution to the national economy [7,[11][12][13][14]. In addition, recycling processes are the best way to economically reduce PET waste [15].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

PET Bottle Recycling for Sustainable Textiles

Sarioğlu¹,

Kaynak²

2018

Polyester - Production, Characterization and Innovative Applications

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), as the most favorable packaging material, is owing to its transparent color, lightweight, strength, food safe, inexpensive price, fully recyclability, etc. In addition to all these advantages, PET as a waste material takes up considerable space in nature and needs to be recycled for the disposal of these wastes. In this regard, recycling enables conserving raw materials, reducing energy use in order to produce virgin PET, and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Today, PET is the most widely recycled plastic in the world. Eco-friendly products obtained by recycling of PET are mainly used as textile fibers. In addition, both brands and consumers are seen to be enthusiastic in order to minimize the environmental effects of PET wastes. This study is concerned with the use of textile fiber from recycled PET (r-PET) bottles to produce a cotton blended ring and compact yarns. Undoubtedly, the study also includes comparison of cotton blended virgin polyester fiber (v-PET) with r-PET fiber to determine the advantages and disadvantages of r-PET fiber. The reason for choosing cotton fiber is the most preferred fiber blending with PET commercially.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

PET Bottle Recycling for Sustainable Textiles

Sarioğlu¹,

Kaynak²

2018

Polyester - Production, Characterization and Innovative Applications

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Considering the huge yearly worldwide consumption of PET bottles (for example, around 573,000 tons in Japan in 2007 [9] and nearly 100,000 tons in China in 2012 [10]) and that some developing countries (especially India) have already well-established recycling industries, the availability of enough re-usable PET bottles can be easily taken for granted. This has already been shown by the success of solar water disinfection (SODIS) practices [11][12][13], in which PET bottles filled with water are exposed to sunlight for reasonably long times in order to allow the combined effect of UV radiation and heat to inactivate pathogens and reduce microbiological contamination [14][15][16][17].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Proof-of-Concept Portable Water Purification Device Obtained from PET Bottles and a Magnetite-Carbon Nanocomposite

Gaita¹,

Evangelisti

Panzarasa

2018

Recycling

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Widespread access to potable water is still far from being granted to populations of developing countries, especially in rural zones. For this reason, the development of easy-to-make, easy-to-use water purification devices is a topic of great social and economic importance. Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) bottles are available worldwide, even in the remotest and poorest countries, as testified by the increasingly common practice of re-using bottles for solar water disinfection (SODIS). Here, we demonstrate how PET bottles could be re-used as a proof-of-concept water purification system. In this way, virtually the same bottle could be used first for SODIS and then for removing chemical contaminants. In the proposed approach, the bottles are treated with ethylenediamine to introduce amine groups, which are subsequently protonated with dilute acid. These functional groups allow the stable adsorption of a magnetite-activated carbon nanocomposite, which is prepared by a simple coprecipitation protocol. The efficiency of the nanocomposite and of the resulting prototype to remove model inorganic and organic pollutants (hexavalent chromium, industrial dyes) from water has been demonstrated. The proposed purification device is easy, cheap, and effective, all factors which could promote its use in developing and rural countries.

show abstract

“…Today, more than 30 types of plastic materials are utilized in the food industries, where polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) are among the most frequently used ones (1). Polyethylene terephthalate is a thermoplastic polymer with long branches belonging to polyester family, made by blending and polymerization between monoethylene glycol and dimethyl terephthalate or terephthalic acid (2).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Effect of Storage Time, Temperature and Type of Packaging on Release of Phthalate Ester into Packed Acidic Juice

Rastkari

Jeddi

Yunesian

et al. 2017

Food Technol. Biotechnol.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

SummaryAcidic liquids such as verjuice, lemon juice and vinegar are frequently consumed in Iran. Different kinds of acidic liquids are packaged in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high--density polyethylene (HDPE) bottles. There is evidence indicating that phthalates can leach from PET and HDPE bottles into their contents. In this work the effect of storage time, temperature and bottle type on the migration of phthalates from packaging materials into acidic liquids is studied by analyzing the samples stored under different conditions, before storage and after 2, 4 and 6 months of storage. The determined mean phthalate concentrations in µg/L were: <0.04 to 0.501 in verjuice, <0.04 to 0.231 in lemon juice and <0.04 to 0.586 in vinegar. The highest concentrations of diethyl phthalate (DEP) and diethyl hexyl phthalate (DEHP) were found in PET and HDPE bottles, respectively. Results of analyses before and after storage indicate that under some storage conditions, the concentrations of DEP, DEHP and dibutyl phthalate (DBP) increased in acidic liquids. The possible migration of phthalic acid esters from plastic packaging materials into the contents was indicated by the results of the present study.

show abstract

The consumption and recycling collection system of PET bottles: A case study of Beijing, China

Cited by 134 publications

References 11 publications

PET Bottle Recycling for Sustainable Textiles

PET Bottle Recycling for Sustainable Textiles

A Proof-of-Concept Portable Water Purification Device Obtained from PET Bottles and a Magnetite-Carbon Nanocomposite

The Effect of Storage Time, Temperature and Type of Packaging on Release of Phthalate Ester into Packed Acidic Juice

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About