Recycled PET – Know What’s in Your Products
Learn more about the options to verify recycled PET and recycled content.
This event is hosted by BRC Associate Member, UL Solutions.
Recycled content is material that has been recovered (reclaimed) from previously used goods and reprocessed. This reprocessed material is then made into a new final product or component for incorporation into a finished product.
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), commonly used in food, and beverage containers as well as in fibers in the textiles industry, is one of the most recycled polymeric materials globally.1 Today, only ~15% of global PET textile market is represented by recycled inputs.
With a rising demand for recycled materials, there is evidence that virgin polyester is being sold with a claim of recycled PET (rPET). It is estimated that more than 50% of what is marked and sold as rPET is made from virgin polyester.2
UL Solutions has found that auditing the Chain of Custody (CoC) to track the recycled content in PET along a supply chain is more reliable than other types of testing to validate the recycled content of a product.
Join our webinar to learn
- What rPET and recycled content in products means.
- How to identify validated rPET and recycled materials in products.
- How to choose the correct methodology to validate rPET.
This webinar is hosted by...
Join Communities for invites to events like this
Our Communities are the mechanism to unlock the value of BRC membership. They’re free to join for all employees of BRC members - whether a retailer, trade association or associate member.