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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bruthajoe, post: 7984615, member: 108656&quot;]Ohhh, PET !! </p><p>&nbsp;Well this makes sense...</p><p><br /></p><p><b>PET</b>, <b>PETE</b>, or the obsolete <b>PETP</b> or <b>PET-P</b>), is the most common <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoplastic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoplastic" rel="nofollow">thermoplastic</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer" rel="nofollow">polymer</a> resin of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyester" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyester" rel="nofollow">polyester</a> family and is used in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_fibre" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_fibre" rel="nofollow">fibres</a> for clothing, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packaging" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packaging" rel="nofollow">containers</a> for liquids and foods, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoforming" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermoforming" rel="nofollow">thermoforming</a> for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fibre for engineering <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resins" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resins" rel="nofollow">resins</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>It may also be referred to by the brand names <b>Terylene</b> in the UK,<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a> <b>Lavsan</b> in Russia and the former Soviet Union, and <b>Dacron</b> in the US.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Bio-PET</b> is the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop-in_bioplastic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop-in_bioplastic" rel="nofollow">bio-based counterpart</a> of PET.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate#cite_note-6" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate#cite_note-6" rel="nofollow">[6]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate#cite_note-7" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyethylene_terephthalate#cite_note-7" rel="nofollow">[7]</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The majority of the world&#039;s PET production is for synthetic fibres (in excess of 60%), with bottle production accounting for about 30%.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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