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The UK’s leading
PET specialists

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PET bottles recycled so far in 2019

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Tonnes of plastic recycled so far in 2019

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Grams of co2 emissions reduced so far in 2019

Pro Environmental Video Intro

Introduction

Experts in high quality PET bottle recycling

Tackling some of the modern world’s biggest challenges through high quality PET plastic bottle recycling. At Pro Environmental, we are on a mission. To provide the highest grade recycled PET product to the class A food and beverage sector. Better still, our circular economy ethos ensures that our product is sold back into the UK markets – further increasing sustainability and defining our purpose.

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Keeping a Circular Economy

Recycled

The PET bottle will be sent to a recycling depot from local waste and separated from other recycled materials.

Purchase and Recycle

Pro-Environmental Ltd purchase thousands of tonnes of recycled PET bottles each year and then put them through our system.

Transport to Pro-Environmental

The recycled materials are transported from our fully vetted UK suppliers to our site in Rochester, Kent ready to be processed.

Collection and Sort

The PET plastic bottles are put through a rigorous seperation process that includes removing contaminents such as aluminum.

Shred and Wash

We shred the PET bottles into flakes before cleaning the PET flakes through a rigorous three stage cleaning process.

Melt and Mould

The PET flakes go to a UK based supplier to the food and beverage market, where they are melted into sheets and then moulded for their next commercial use.

Factory

The new fresh commercial bottles are finally rebranded and filled with their new product ready for human use in the UK once again.

Finished Product

The product is consumed by a user, who, once finished with will place the product responsibly into a recycling bin.

Fun Facts

Recycling plastic takes 88% less energy than making plastic from raw materials.

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Only 45% of plastic bottles in the UK are recycled.

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PET and HDPE are two of the most easily recycled plastics, followed by PVC and low-density polyethylene.

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Recycling creates 6 times more jobs than landfilling and 36 times more than incinerating.

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2012 saw over 400,000 tonnes more plastic collected and recycled than in 2002.

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An estimated 13 billion plastic bottles are disposed of each year.

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The more compounds used to make a particular type of plastic, the more challenging they are to recycle.

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A recycled product can be back on the shelves again within a single month.

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1 tonne = 25,000 plastic bottles.

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25 recycled PET bottles can be used to make an adult’s fleece jacket.

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A pair of jeans includes an average of 8 recycled plastic bottles.

We are proud to be ISO accredited

ISO 9001
ISO 14001
ISO 45001

In the News

The latest articles in relation to PET recycling

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March 27, 2020

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The Budget 2020 was released on Wednesday 11 March outlining the government’s decision surrounding the plastic packaging tax. The plastic packaging tax will be introduced from April 2022 and place…
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February 18, 2020

How effective is plastic recycling in the UK?

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