REFILL is a revolution in eco-friendliness!
Pixel Organics is committed to improving our environment by offering sophisticated alternatives in consumer products. Americans use over 4,500,000,000 lbs of plastic bottles per year and only 1,000,000,000 lbs are recycled. Our REFILL regenerated fibers is a step towards becoming part of the solution.
REFILL is regenerated PET (PolyEthylene Terephthalate) fibers from processing discarded bottles. Bottles are recycled into durable fill for our bedding, pillow and mattresses.
What is PET?
PET is the type of plastic identified by #1 on or near the bottom of bottles and containers. It is commonly used to package of soft drinks, water, juice, peanut butter, salad dressings and oil, cosmetics and household cleaners. Most popular brands utilize PET plastic for their packaging worldwide.
PET, or PolyEthylene Terephthalate (known generically as polyester, although this is the name of a whole family of polymers) came into prominence in the 1950s as a textile material. Its strength, temperature tolerance and wear-resistance made it an ideal replacement for or addition to natural fibers such as silk, cotton and wool.
PET is an inert plastic and does not leach harmful materials into its contents -- either when a beverage is stored unopened, or when bottles are refilled or frozen. The PET container has been safely used for 20 years and has undergone rigorous testing under FDA guidelines to ensure its safety as a food and beverage container suitable for storage and reuse. There are no risks with heat of freezing of PET, since it is an inert material.
We are asking you make a commitment to help in our efforts to make environmentally friendly products, please recycle all your plastic PET bottles. Look for the following symbol on your bottles at home. When you are finished with a bottle put it in the recycling bin.
Here are some interesting figures about recycling PET plastic:
- It takes 700 years for a plastic bottle to decompose.
- The first PET bottle was recycled in 1977.
- There is no harmful PVC present in PET plastic.
- Recycled PET is used in many households products:
carpet, fabric for T-shirts, shoes, sweaters and coats, luggage and
fiberfill for sleeping bags and jackets. - It takes 8 20-ounce beverage bottles to make fiberfill for a pillow.
- It takes 14 20-ounce beverage bottles make an extra large T-shirt.
- It takes 14 20-ounce beverage bottles to make one square foot of carpet.
- It takes 50 20-ounce beverage bottles to yield enough fiberfill for a crib bedding set.
- It takes 85 20-ounce beverage bottles to make our crib mattress.
- It takes 190 20-ounce beverage bottles to make our king size mattress.
Are phthalates a problem in PET?
No. "Phthalates" (pronounced THA-lates) are a class of chemicals that include three subsets, each with different properties. PET or polyethylene terephthalate belongs to one of these phthalate subsets, but not the one most commonly associated with the term.
Orthophthalate is the phthalate subset most commonly referenced and discussed in popular literature and on internet sites; it has been the subject of some negative press. Often used to make various plastics more flexible, this type of phthalate is also called a plasticizer. PET does not contain plasticizers or orthophthalates. Plasticizers are never substituted for terephthalates used in the manufacturer of PET, nor are the two ever mixed. This is why PET packaging is selected by companies for a wide variety of product applications because it is safe, strong, shatter-proof, and recyclable. It is also why it is ideal for mattress cores.
Is there BPA in PET?
No. There is no connection between PET plastic and Bis-phenol A. Bis-phenol A is not used in the production of PET material, nor is it used as a chemical building block for any of the materials used in the manufacture of PET. Bis-phenol A is used to make polycarbonate, a different plastic from PET.
For more information visit:
California State Container Recycling program at:
www.bottlesandcans.com
or
The Container Recycling Institute at:
www.container-recycling.org
