You can tell whether a piece of consumer plastic is PET by looking for a number “1” stamped inside the universal recycling symbol. The number you see in the symbol stands for the type of plastic used ...

A partnership consisting of Indorama Ventures, Suntory, ENEOS Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Iwatani and Neste will launch the world’s first bio-PET bottle for commercial scale, made from ISCC+ ...

PET (or PETE) Polyethylene terephthalate Clear drinks bottles ... Not generally collected from households for recycling. However, mixed plastic recycling is expected to be under way within five years.

PET makes up about 12 percent of global solid waste and 90 million tons of the plastic produced each year. “The machinery in environmental microbes is still a largely untapped potential for ...