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INDIA-BENGALURU-ENERGY WEEK-INAUGURATION

(230206) -- BENGALURU, Feb. 6, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) is presented a jacket, which is made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate bottles, at the inauguration ceremony of the India Energy Week 2023 at Bengaluru, the capital city of Karnataka state, India, Feb. 6, 2023. The India Energy Week 2023 kickstarted Monday with the aim to showcase the country's rising prowess as an energy transition powerhouse. (Str/Xinhua)

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Toyota to use sugarcane-based material for car interior lining

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. said on Oct. 13, 2010, that it will introduce a new vehicle lining material -- bio-polyethylene terephthalate, or bio-PET -- that is made 30 percent from sugarcane to reduce petroleum consumption.

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Teijin completes plant to produce recycled PET bottles

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Teijin Ltd. said Nov. 19 it has completed the construction of a plant (photo) in Yamaguchi Prefecture designed to produce recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. This appears to be the first time in the world that a full recycle system has been created for PET bottles, Teijin officials said.

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PET bottle model of Himeji Castle completed

HIMEJI, Japan - Volunteers complete Aug. 6 a 7-meter-high model of the 17th century Himeji Castle using some 40,000 used polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles at an old freight terminal in the western Japan city Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. The model, conceived by the Himeji municipal government to get the public interested in recycling, was built over 17 days by 600 volunteers using PET bottles collected from elementary schools and supermarkets around the city.

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Toyota to use sugarcane-based material for car interior lining

NAGOYA, Japan - Toyota Motor Corp. said on Oct. 13, 2010, that it will introduce a new vehicle lining material -- bio-polyethylene terephthalate, or bio-PET -- that is made 30 percent from sugarcane to reduce petroleum consumption. (Kyodo)

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Face shield production in Japan

Photo taken April 28, 2020, shows a face shield produced by Plastics Co., a plastic product manufacturing company in the central Japan city of Fukui. The company has produced face shields made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate in response to growing demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Face shield production in Japan

Ichiro Iwakura of Plastics Co., a plastic product manufacturing company in the central Japan city of Fukui, explains the company's face shield on April 28, 2020. The company has produced face shields made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate in response to growing demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Face shield production in Japan

Ichiro Iwakura of Plastics Co., a plastic product manufacturing company in the central Japan city of Fukui, puts on a face shield on April 28, 2020. The company has produced face shields made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate in response to growing demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Teijin completes plant to produce recycled PET bottles

YAMAGUCHI, Japan - Teijin Ltd. said Nov. 19 it has completed the construction of a plant (photo) in Yamaguchi Prefecture designed to produce recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. This appears to be the first time in the world that a full recycle system has been created for PET bottles, Teijin officials said. (Kyodo)

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PET bottle model of Himeji Castle completed

HIMEJI, Japan - Volunteers complete Aug. 6 a 7-meter-high model of the 17th century Himeji Castle using some 40,000 used polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles at an old freight terminal in the western Japan city Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. The model, conceived by the Himeji municipal government to get the public interested in recycling, was built over 17 days by 600 volunteers using PET bottles collected from elementary schools and supermarkets around the city.