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Recycling plastic bottles to give them a longer life. A perfect example of circular economy.  
In Rostock in Germany, Veolia has developed a recycling process for PET (PolyEthylene Terephthalate) plastic bottle, allowing direct reuse of recycled bottles for a new food use. Veolia transforms every year one billion plastic bottles to produce new bottles. After use, the bottles are collected, transported to the treatment plant, and pre-sorted by color. They are subjected to a hot wash, converted into flakes and, once purified, they are delivered to the bottle manufacturers. Using recycled PET allows a 70% decrease in CO2 emissions compared to virgin PET.

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Over 1 billion bottles recycled each year



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

One metric ton of recycled PET bottles is equivalent to 1,5 metric tons of



 

 

 

 

 

 



 

 

 





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