A waste management: polyester staple fiber production from pet bottle plastic project

All over the world PET bottle has enormous uses and it is a matter of no wonder that, bottles are used for numerous purposes in Bangladesh. As per latest statistics, around 2.0 billion (200 crores) PET bottles are manufactured each year in Bangladesh and most of them are discarded after single time use. Due to its non-biodegradable nature, most PETs end up in landfills. However, PET bottle usually needs ≈500 years to be decomposed into nature. Yet, some (≈36%) of the PET bottles are recycled by an informal industry in Bangladesh. Earlier, the waste PET bottle was exported to China. But now China has imposed a ban on import of waste PET bottles. Now the bottle needs to be decomposed or recycled in our country. Sensing the environmental impact of consumed PET bottle in Bangladesh and to contribute in mitigation of the posing threat to our surrounding environment due to such waste products Raw Tech Limited (RTL) has taken an initiative to turn plastic waste into PSF which is one of the key raw materials in the fashion industry today. Its operations are solely built on the ‘recover and recycle’ business model in which waste, previously considered useless, is being revived for new use.

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