Responsibility - PET Recycling

PET recycled

From bottle to backpack

resource friendly

PET recycling in one sentence: PET recycling makes it possible to reduce plastic waste, save resources and not have to resort to fossil raw materials.

Recycling process

The fabrics of our backpacks are made of polyester. These polyester fabrics are usually made from crude oil. Alternatively, we use fabrics made from old PET bottles. Our fabrics are produced in Taiwan, where the following process takes place:

1. PET bottles are collected and sorted

The empty PET plastic bottles are collected near our fabric supplier in Taiwan and taken to a recycling plant.

2. The bottles are crushed and washed

The bottles are crushed into small PET flakes. These flakes are then washed in a water bath, to completely clean them.

3. Pellets are made

The PET flakes are melted down and mixed thoroughly. The hot mass is then formedinto thick fibers that are cut into 3 mm pellets.

4. The yarn is spun

The pellets are melted again, drawn into long fibers and spun into thread. The finished thread is wound onto spools and transported to the weaving mill.

5. The fabric is woven and printed

The thread is woven into white lengths of fabric.Then the fabrics are printed and both sides are coated to make the fabrics water-repellent.

6. The product is made

The fabric pieces cut from the patterns, using as much of the fabric as possible. The different pieces are then used to sew a pinqponq product.

Savings since 2014 compared to virgin polyester fabrics. State as of 31 July 2018 in PET-bottles, barrels of oil, tubs of water and balloons CO2.

How many PET-bottles (0.5l) are in your pinqponq?

Who recycles the PET bottles?

Our fabric suppliers Hoyu and Yaw Liamy purchase the yarn, which includes recycled PET bottles, from Far Eastern New Century Corporation (FENC). FENC recycles according to the Global Recycling Standard..

Usage of PET fabrics

pinqponq uses material made from 100% recycled PET bottles for both the outer fabric and the lining.

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