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What is RPET? 2019-08-13

Let’s start by learning what PET is.


PET is an abbreviation for the much longer (much less fun) term, polyethylene terephthalate; It is the most common type of plastic resin. PET is a strong, durable and recyclable material. To create virgin PET, producers extract crude oil and natural gas from the Earth, then process and heat it to form a molten liquid. They spin this liquid into fibers to create polyester fabric, or they mold and solidify it into PET plastic containers.



As a fiber, polyester can be used to make anything from clothing and blankets to sleeping bags and carpeting. We usually call it polyester in this form, whereas in molded containers, PET is the more common name. In its plastic form, PET is used to hold anything from your favorite peanut butter or salad dressing to cleaning solution, mouthwash, and medication. Those disposable water bottles? PET. Chances are, most plastic containers in your house are made of this common plastic!


PET is considered a highly recyclable plastic. Used PET containers can be washed and re-melted into plasma, from which new items can be crafted. However, it can be really hard to collect clean, high quality plastics! This means very few PET containers can re-enter the cycle as food-grade containers. Less than half of plastic bottles purchased each year make it to recycling facilities. Only around 7% of those recycled are turned back into usable bottles.

Manufacturers may not always be able to turn all salvaged plastic into new containers, but these other plastics may find a new calling as recycled polyester fabric, or RPET. This recycled polyester fabric can be used to make products almost including all kind of bags like backpack, duffel, hiking bag, diaper bag, foldable bag and so on!


RPET stands for recycled polyethylene terephthalate, or recycled PET. RPET is produced by collecting, sorting and recycling PET, then refining the material into flakes that can be turned into new products. Using RPET as an alternative to PVC is a huge step forward on the path toward a greener, safer and cleaner future.


RPET (recycled polyethylene terephthalate) comes from plastic that has already been used for packaging, such as the plastic bottles, this plastic is sorted, cleaned and transformed so that it can be reused as a food product, as approved by federal authorities.

Therefore, the bottles you recycle get a second life by becoming part of The Planet Bottle...

Interesting facts about RPET:

  • Cubic yards conserved in a landfill by recycling PET beverage bottles:
    4,800 recycled 16-ounce bottles save a cubic yard
    4,050 recycled 20-ounce bottles save a cubic yard
    3,240 recycled 1-liter bottles save a cubic yard
    2,430 recycled 2-liter bottles save a cubic yard
    1,350 recycled 3-liter bottles save a cubic yard
  • Recycling a ton of PET containers saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space.
  • According to the EPA, recycling a pound of PET saves approximately 12,000 BTU's.
  • The average household generated 42 pounds of PET plastic bottles in the year 2005.
  • Custom bottles (which are bottles used for products other than carbonated soft drinks) represent 62% of all PET bottles available for recycling

Aimmax Bag company supply multifunctional daypack,  laptop bag, hiking backpack,  rucksack , lightweight foldabled Bag, tote bag, string GYM bag... by RPET fabric. And we can provide whole bag with STANDARD 100 by OEKO-TEX® if you need.

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