Announcement of the repolymerisation of the 100% recycled DMT monomer
Recyc'Elit Announce the repolymerisation of its first batch of monomer Dimethyl terephthalate (DMT) recycled to a 100% recycled Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) resin and this as part of the project SOFTDEPET in partnership with the Polymer Materials Engineering academic laboratory IMP-INSA Lyon and its industrial partner IVA Essex. The IMP-INSA laboratory conducted the synthesis on a PET synthesis pilot representative of the industrial environment. Recyc'elit was also able to validate the quality of its DMT with IVA Essex using a High Performance resin method in comparison with a commercial monomer.
The realisation of this major step allows Recyc'Elit to strengthen its technology and to accelerate the development of its future depolymerisation pilot.
As a reminder, the process developed by Recyc'Elit makes it possible to regenerate the initial monomers, namely terephthalic acid (PTA) or its ester (DMT) and ethylene glycol (EG), under very moderate temperature conditions and at atmospheric pressure. The monomers obtained in this way can give back virgin PET for food applications or intended for any other type of application according to an infinite cycle.
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