Although PET is the plastic that is most recycled, it is also the most consumed and the one that causes the greatest impact on nature. Just one bottle can take up to 1,000 years to degrade, and experts say that in 2050 the production of PET bottles will reach 1,120 million tons.
Without a doubt, it is a situation to which both citizens and companies must turn their gaze. In this sense, the importance that these bottles do not accumulate among common waste is vital. And, not only that, but they arrive in the correct conditions at the recycling plants so that they become a quality material that can give way to a new bottle suitable for storing food and beverages for human consumption.
At Origin, Enkador’s recycling movement, we are in charge of giving PET bottles a new life through a certified process, which is contributing to combating plastic pollution in the country. Are you interested in knowing each step of this process? We invite you to read our entry How is a discarded bottle transformed into a new one?
However, we could not do all this without the first link in recycling: you. Your work from home is essential to be able to continue with ours! We teach you how you should treat your PET bottle at home so that it reaches our plant in the optimal conditions required to turn it into a new bottle:
- Separate them from organic waste: Use a box or a can that is intended only for this material. In this way, it will be free of contaminating agents that could prevent recycling.
- Empty and clean: This goes hand in hand with what was said above. The bottle, being our raw material, must be as clean as possible to be converted into a new bottle. When you finish consuming its content, empty the rest and rinse it well.
- Keep the caps and labels: Unless you are going to use them for crafts at home, leave the labels and caps on the bottle. This is the correct way, since at the plant we take care of classifying these materials and, in this way, we prevent them from mixing in common waste and contaminating the environment.
- Crush them: This way they will take up less space so you can recycle and deliver more bottles.
Give them to the grassroots recyclers in your neighborhood: just like you, recyclers are a fundamental part of the recycling chain, since they are responsible for the material reaching our plant receiving a fair payment for their work.
Once in our plant, the bottles are crushed, purified and reduced to resin suitable for consumption. Every day, we produce more than 500,000 new bottles from your work at home with the bottles you consume.
Therefore, your commitment to the environment is essential to continue transforming the world through recycling. Together we can! Learn more about our work here and join the Origin movement.
