100% recyclable... why to worry?

All the thermoplastic polymers which are used for making the bottles are 100% recyclable. The plastics such as PET & HDPE can be easily recycled simply by melting and molding.

… but it isn’t that simple.

…. in fact, plastic bottle recycling is way high challenging.

Yes, plastic bottles are 100% recyclable. But in practice, very few get actually recycled.

Globally, just one third bottles get recycled. Two of each three bottles pose problem to environment and society.

Plastic recycling is a lucrative business. But there are several challenges and community dependencies which reduce extent of the feasible recycling.

Bottles contain >95% air

Plastic bottles are made to contain liquids. After dispensing the content, the void remains inside the bottle.

Even if crushed, the bottles has more than 50% air.

Such amount of air/voids takes significant space and make handling & transport difficult.

Collection is challenging

Bottles are dumped in the garbage bin. Upon such dumping, the sorting and collection needs much efforts & money.

Isn't single pure polymer

Plastic bottles, especially PET aren’t made of single polymer. They have body of PET and lid of HDPE, besides labels. Direct shredding or compacting of bottle mixes these polymers and reduces quality & price.

Compaction isn't feasible everywhere

Bulky waste due to airy voids is needed to be compacted. Typically compaction by compression or shredding is done. But such units are feasible in radius of >50 km, due to the capacities. On other hand, handling becomes infeasible at such distances.

Synergy of Problems

Collection of waste bottles isn’t easy. Handling of the bulky bottles resists the collection efforts made by environmentalists. Inefficient collection breaks the business models of recycling.

As the result, the recycling gets reduced.

Can there be a solution?

Rebottle precisely solves all the problems of bottle recycling industry, at the source, and boosts recycling of bottles.