PET plastics - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 14 Mar 2024 01:02:00 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg PET plastics - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Sydney start-up has developed a process to infinitely recycle PET plastics https://cathnews.co.nz/2024/03/14/sydney-start-up-has-developed-a-process-to-infinitely-recycle-pet-plastics/ Thu, 14 Mar 2024 04:55:16 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=168846 An Australian start-up claims to have cracked the code to infinite recycling after it developed a solvent that allows contaminated plastic to be used repeatedly. This move could potentially boost its revenue by $100m a year. Paco Industries' discovery has overcome one of the biggest barriers to the repeated recycling of polyethylene terephthalate plastic (PET), Read more

Sydney start-up has developed a process to infinitely recycle PET plastics... Read more]]> An Australian start-up claims to have cracked the code to infinite recycling after it developed a solvent that allows contaminated plastic to be used repeatedly. This move could potentially boost its revenue by $100m a year.

Paco Industries' discovery has overcome one of the biggest barriers to the repeated recycling of polyethylene terephthalate plastic (PET), which degrades each time it is reprocessed.

It has caught the attention of food giant Arnott's and speciality coffee roaster Pablo & Rusty's, who agreed to use Paco's technology if it can be delivered at scale.

Paco Industries can produce 1000 tonnes of plastic per year at its base at the University of New South Wales, but the start-up is seeking a larger facility and aims to reach between 20,000 and 30,000 tonnes.

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