ECOTRIA CR is the circular recycle™ copolyesters that are ready to 'drop-in'.
Circular recycle™ is SK chemicals' outstanding chemical recycling method that presents an advanced now-working solution for the plastic issue. Firstly, Circular recycle™ triples the quantity of renewable plastic waste. Since the circular recycling process includes a clarifying process at the monomer level, it can use much more plastic waste with low quality like colored bottles, films, or fabrics while the conventional mechanical recycling process can only use high-quality plastic waste like transparent bottles. Secondly, Circular recycle™ provides high-quality recycled plastic that is identical to virgin plastic. With high clarity and performance, ECOTIRA can cover all existing PETG/PCTG applications and sometimes even ABS or SAN with Claro grade very easily. Thirdly, It's already on hand! Commercialized in November 2022, ECOTRIA has been stably supplied to customers for more than 1 year now. Also, by establishing SK shantou, SK chemicals have internalized r-BHET producing facility, leaving no doubt about the stable supply.