Plastic, Glass, Aluminium, Tetra Pak
PLASTIC
PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) which is a plastic resin and form of polyester. PET is a type of plastic labeled with the code no. 1 near the bottom of bottles and containers. It is used to package soft drinks, water, juice, and household cleaners. PET is a good choice for packaging because it is inexpensive, light weight, shatter-resistant, reseal able and recyclable.
The PET bottle was patented by Nathaniel Wyeth in 1973 and the first PET bottle was recycled in 1977. Do you know 10% of the average grocery bill pays for packaging mostly in paper and plastics. Recycling a ton of PET containers can save 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space and this recycled PET can be used to make many new products such as carpet, fabric for T-shirts, shoes, sweaters and coats, luggage, fiberfill for sleeping bags and even toys.
Do You know How PLASTIC is recycled? Click on the link below to watch a video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJUmUoHhYJU
GLASS
Glass is a mixture of silica sand, soda ash, limestone, alumina-silicate and salt cake under a very high temperature. Glass can be recycled and reuse, saving energy and natural resources. Since recycled glass melts at a lower temperature than new materials, so it need less energy to heat the hot furnace.
The oldest known examples of glass are Egyptian beads dating from 12 000 B.C. and it takes one million years for glass to break down naturally depends on the weathering and physical crushing or pounding. All newly purchased glass food jars contained at least 35% recycled glass, 32% of a glass container is post-consumer recycled glass and it takes eight to twelve weeks for a glass container to recycled and returned to the store shelf. One ceramic coffee mug alone in a truckload of glass is enough to contaminate the entire load and cause it to be rejected from recycling.
Do you know how GLASS is recycled? Click on the link below to watch a video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzlZwCP4HiY
ALUMINIUM
Aluminium is made from a natural resource called bauxite ore. Aluminium can be recycled and reused over and over again without losing any of its characteristic attributes as there is no loss of quality in using recycled aluminium. When products are made from recycled aluminium, it saves energy and bauxite ore.
Aluminium can take up to 500 years to decompose in our landfills and throwing away one aluminium can wastes as much energy as pouring out half of that can’s volume of gasoline. Recycling one aluminium can saves enough energy to burn a 100-watt light bulb for nearly four hours or run a television for three hours.
Do You Know How Aluminium is recycled? Click on the link below to watch a video!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOpGhAdQFEY
TETRA PAK
What is a Beverage Carton?
(source: Tetra Pak Malaysia)
It is an efficient package for liquid foods, made largely from paper a renewable resource and totally environment friendly.
Besides it protects sensitive products against the effects of air, microorganisms and light, beverage cartons are preferred choice for packaging because:
a) Liquid foods in aseptic cartons do not need refrigeration to store thus saves more energy.
b) The shape of the carton uses less space during the distribution thus lower emissions and saving in energy.
c) Empty cartons are transported in flattened form, requiring fewer trucks.
d) Cartons are 75% paper which is a natural and renewable resources.
Do You Know How TETRA PAK is recycled? Click on the link below to watch a video!
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