GE gives plastic bottle recycling a new spin

摘要

A NEW METHOD FOR MAKING CERTAIN POLYMERS promises to devour extensive amounts of post-consumer polyethylene terephthalate (PET) waste,claims GE Plastics,Pittsfield,Mass.The company is launching a poly-butylene terephthalate (PBT)-based polymer,Valox iQ,and a PBT/polycarbonate alloy,Xenoy iQ,that use the wastes as raw materials.