Teijin opens a plastic recycling facility to produce recycled polyester pellets

[ Star Enterprise of Chemical Machinery and Equipment Network ] As a material-based manufacturing company, Teijin Group has been committed to 3R (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle) work in order to realize a recycling-oriented society
.

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Teijin Frontier Co.
(hereinafter referred to as "Teijin"), a Tokyo-based fiber and product processing company, announced the opening of a recycling facility to convert polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles into recycled polyester pellets
.
The plant will be operated by its subsidiary Teijin Polyester Co.
, Ltd.
(hereinafter referred to as "TPL Company") and will produce pellets for polyester filament manufacturing
.
It is said that the plant will open in early 2022 and is expected to produce 7,000 tons of recycled polyester pellets per year by 2025
.


Teijin will install the latest cleaning equipment and granulator machinery, in order to remove the debris before recycled PET bottles
.
TPL will use Teijin’s proprietary quality control technology to convert plastic bottles into recycled polyester pellets
.
TPL stated that the original yarns it produces will be used to regenerate silk yarns at Teijin's cutting-edge Ecopet
.

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　　Teijin Frontier stated that its goal is to develop environmentally friendly materials and products suitable for clothing and industrial materials
.
Teijin believes that a society that only relies on consumption to maintain the economy is an "unsustainable" society.
The group hopes to contribute to the transformation of a "circular economy", just like the cycle of a natural ecosystem, without the concept of "discarding", and resources are constantly circulating
.

 
　　It is not only committed to resource recycling in production activities, but also in places where resources are discharged, through "localized and local consumption material regeneration", etc.
, to restore recycled products and reuse them, and promote the "recycling" of society, in order to solve the growing problem.
The serious ocean plastic problem also contributes
.

 
　　Original title: Teijin opens plastic recycling facility to produce recycled polyester pellets