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Since 2011, 38 Billion bottles have been recycled or neutral gases are obtained from crude oil and
by the company. Garbage has been recycled turned into Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) or
in 32 countries and 5 continents including Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) just before it turns
Thailand. Promoting the sustainability practices into a PET\Polyester again. PET Preforms are
of the circular economy is not only beneficial turned into PET Bottles and PET films are turned
for our world by not over-polluting it, but also into PET packages. Fibers from PET\Polyester are
for countries’ economy. One single factory gives even turned into clothes. 100 tonnes of garbage
opportunity to work for 2000 people. In fact, in are turned to PETs and it only takes 1 day to do
the past 16 years, Thailand’s unemployment this whole process.
rate has dropped from 4% to 1%. Thailand still
requires all such bottles and boxes made from According to the Pollution Control Department’s
100% virgin plastics. annual report in 2018, the country produced
27.8 million tonnes of waste, of which 39% (10.88
The process has two different ways in order to million tonnes) was disposed of in landfill sites.
obtain PET\Polyester by recycling. In the first way, Plastic waste accounted for around two million
consumers’ garbage is bought from recycled tonnes, of which 500,000 tonnes (plastic bottles)
pet suppliers, after it is fed into the recycling was recycled. However, there were still around
process and finally recycled PET Resin is turned 1.2 million tonnes of un-recycled plastic bags.
to PET\Polyester. In the second way, petroleum
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