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Question 15

Used PET drinks bottles are collected with other plastic waste. At a recycling plant, the PET is separated, washed and shredded before being made into fibres for clothing. What is the reason for separating the PET?

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Separating the PET gives it the food-grade purity needed for clothing fibres.

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Separating the PET means the bottles can be reused without being reprocessed.

C

Separating the PET allows it to be made into fibres without being melted.

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Other plastics mixed with the PET could give the clothing fibres unsuitable properties.

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10.2 Life cycle assessment and recycling Questions

  1. GCSE
  2. /Chemistry
  3. /10.2 Life cycle assessment and recycling

99 exam-style questions on AQA GCSE Chemistry 10.2 Life cycle assessment and recycling, covering 10.2.1 Life cycle assessment and 10.2.2 Ways of reducing the use of resources. Each one has a worked solution and a mark scheme showing where the marks go.

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