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Different PET products For every container used for soft drink and water, shampoo and liquid soap, cooking oil, food dressing and spread and; For every oven food tray, roasting bag, curtain, upholstery, thread, tyre cord filament, industrial fibre, and industrial filtration fabric, you are more than likely looking at a plastic product made of Polyethylene terephthalate. Still in doubt? Look for the inscription “bubble” or the recycling code “1” encased in a triangle of chasing arrows on the container or the item itself and, there you have it! You have identified a polyethylene terephthalate AKA PETE AKA PET! Polyethylene Terephthalate recycling code and acronyms Background The very first preparation of PET was made during a 1940 study of phthalic acid by Rex J. Whinfield and James T. Dickson of the Calico Printers Association, England. However, the war at the time delayed the publication of its patent specification. This stalled the production of the Terylene fibre by Imperial C

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Is it too late for me to be saying that? Naaah! I firmly believe that as long as we are still in January and interacting for the first time, we should start with that. So again, I wish you a Happy New Year people! It is a new year! Like most people, I have spent part of this first month reflecting on the last year. The main feature being the progression of the pandemic caused by the Corona Virus and I remembered how hard I laughed every single time, I listened to international news updates and there was always talk about the shortage of toilet paper in Europe and the Americas. I can understand if food items and soap are classified as “in shortage” but, toilet paper?! Huh? Why? Anyway, with the impending lockdown due to a second wave, the COVID-infused shortage piqued my curiosity. I started looking up articles, videos and anything really about toilet paper as we know it and its alternatives. These delivered me to the doorstep of hemp toilet paper and shared enthusiasm f