Researchers have succeeded in developing a microbial strain that efficiently produces pseudoaromatic polyester monomer to replace polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using systems metabolic engineering.

Currently, the world is suffering from environmental problems caused by plastic waste. A KAIST research team has succeeded in ...

A team led by Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering has succeeded ...

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) DEFINITION: A type of resin and a form of polyester which is frequently used to produce plastic bottles and other containers.It is regarded as easy to recycle. Back to ...

Teijin Frontier has launched Octair, a new premium insulation fibre for bedding and apparel. The short-cut polyester fibre ...

PET (or PETE) Polyethylene terephthalate Clear drinks bottles, food packaging such as fruit punnets, textile fibres (polyester). PET bottles are collected by 92% of councils. Recycled PET is generally ...

Normally, polyester is made from petroleum ... Adidas uses plastic bottles that contain polyethylene terephthalate, or PET. And if it's something Adidas can't use, like caps and rings?

And though it's associated with cheapness, most of us — from all points on the financial spectrum — own at least three items of clothing possessing polyester shells, blends, or linings. So, what is ...

Using recycled polyester to make new fabric, on the other hand, uses less energy and resources. You use already existing plastic to make the new material, so you don’t need to get coal and petroleum ...

The polyester decomposed in the process, which allowed cotton to be recovered intact. Through crystallization, the residual liquid was recovered in the form of bis(2-hydroxyethyl) terephthalate ...