Bottle excellent in recyclability and method for recycling the bottle
AssigneeKureha Corporation
InventorsKazuyuki Yamane, Ryo Kato, Hiroyuki Sato
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Abstract
There are provided a bottle which has a laminate structure including a glycolic acid polymer layer showing good gas-barrier property in addition to a principal resin layer and is yet provided with excellent recyclability, and also an efficient method of recycling the bottle. More specifically, a bottle having a laminate structure including at least one layer of glycolic acid polymer in addition to a principal resin layer, is obtained. After breaking the bottle, the broken pieces are washed with alkaline water, water or acidic water to remove the glycolic acid polymer layer, thereby recovering the principal resin.
Claims6
A bottle recycling method, comprising the steps of:
- breaking a bottle having a laminate structure including at least one layer of glycolic acid polymer in addition to a principal resin layer, and washing broken pieces of the bottle with alkaline water, water or acidic water to substantially remove the glycolic acid polymer layer, from the principal resin layer, thereby recovering the principal resin.
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