Plastic bottles are not trash.
Recycling PET bottles saves landfill space.
Many income opportunities can be created per year by recycling PET bottles.
PET plastic bottles are destined for more than spending the rest of time in landfill.
When recycled, PET plastic bottles are turned into many new and useful products, like fibre-fill for duvets and pillows, PET trays for fruit, geotextiles, and even brand new bottles.
PET is too valuable to be thrown away, so Do 1 Thing. Recycle.
PET packaging can be made from up to 100% recycled PET, recapturing both the material and the inherent energy of the original package.
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As with virgin PET, recycled PET (rPET) can be used to make many new products
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Plastic bottles are valuable. And this value creates income opportunities for informal collectors.
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Recycling PET bottles in Kenya has the potential to abate tonnes of carbon dioxide, avoided using millions of m3 of landfill space and reduced resource consumption.
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But once it's performed this function, packaging takes on an entirely different face: it becomes cumbersome waste. By not considering the impact of packaging on the waste stream, the ugly and unwanted perception people have of packaging will continue.
Consumers in Nairobi can now shop and recycle.
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Selected from over 450 project applications, the partnership is developed by Kenya Private Sector Alliance (KEPSA)
Read morePETCO shareholder members are the visionary companies who pay levies and grants, and credit for funding PET recycling in Kenya goes to them. We salute you all.
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