I’ve worked in the container production industry for over 40 years, and in the PET bottle production industry for the last 25 years.
This is the tip of the iceberg of the folly that is the recycling movement.
There is an un-stoppable push for the global beverage industry to switch to 100% recycled PET, rPET, from 100% virgin PET resin.
There are a number of problems with this:
1. PET containers are not infinitely recyclable. The material oxidizes and gradually turns an unattractive shade of yellow, necessitating adding colorant to cover this up which causes processing problems and increases the cost
2. It doesn’t stretch as well, which creates defects and causes more scrap. (increasing the cost)
3. The rPET resin costs 30% more than the virgin PET
4. It takes 30-50% more energy to produce it
All of this makes it an insane choice from a performance, economic, and “Carbon Footprint” standpoint. (If one believes in the global hoax that is the carbon footprint / climate change movement.)
The global beverage industry is well down the road into this process with no end in sight.
It is the definition of insanity.