Continental has stated that beginning in 2022, it would begin using reprocessed polyester derived from recycled plastic bottles in the manufacture of tyres. According to the tyre maker, recycling is becoming increasingly essential in the design, development, and manufacturing of premium tyres. Continental aims to use 100 percent sustainably produced materials in its tyre products by 2050. The new sustainable polyester yarn will be obtained from PET bottles by a mechanical process and will be used in the construction of the tyre carcass. This can completely replace conventional polyester. Continental has developed a special technology to recycle PET bottles without previously necessary intermediate chemical steps.
Continental will begin the use of reprocessed polyester obtained from recycled plastic bottles in its tyre production starting 2022. The new sustainable polyester yarn will be obtained from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles by a mechanical process and will be used in the construction of the tyre carcass. By 2050, Continental aims to successively use 100 percent sustainably produced materials in all its tyre products.
OTIZ has developed a new way to recycle PET bottles into polyester yarn for tire construction. The modified manufacturing process enables the company to obtain polyester from PET bottles without any polymerization process from monomers.
