Comments on: Why Recycled Polyester isn’t necessarily Eco-Friendly http://www.natural-environment.com/blog/2008/01/27/why-recycled-polyester-isnt-necessarily-eco-friendly/ Blogging for the Natural Environment Fri, 12 Mar 2010 04:45:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Elagie http://www.natural-environment.com/blog/2008/01/27/why-recycled-polyester-isnt-necessarily-eco-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Elagie Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:03:10 +0000 http://www.natural-environment.com/blog/2008/01/27/why-recycled-polyester-isnt-necessarily-eco-friendly/#comment-204 "Recycling this class of polyester only exasperates things." I think the word you were looking for was exacerbates...unless of course it annoys things. : ) “Recycling this class of polyester only exasperates things.”

I think the word you were looking for was exacerbates…unless of course it annoys things.

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]]> By: Chan Dai Man http://www.natural-environment.com/blog/2008/01/27/why-recycled-polyester-isnt-necessarily-eco-friendly/comment-page-1/#comment-98 Chan Dai Man Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:07:48 +0000 http://www.natural-environment.com/blog/2008/01/27/why-recycled-polyester-isnt-necessarily-eco-friendly/#comment-98 Both Teijin and Asahi of Japan produce chemically recycle polyester which breaks down the post-consumed polyester into ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid and then re-polymerize the two chemicals into polyester. The quality of this "recycle" polyester is just as good as virgin polyester and can be re-cycle indefinitely. The fiber is available in both staple and filament form and is widely used in making clothings. Both Teijin and Asahi of Japan produce chemically recycle polyester which breaks down the post-consumed polyester into ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid and then re-polymerize the two chemicals into polyester. The quality of this “recycle” polyester is just as good as virgin polyester and can be re-cycle indefinitely. The fiber is available in both staple and filament form and is widely used in making clothings.

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