PET (polyethylene terephthalate)

Plastics of this type use around 6.45kg of oil per kg, 294.2kg of water per kg, and result in 3.723kg of greenhouse gas emissions per kg.

This kind of plastic is very easily recyclable. Unfortunately, the current production of PET bottles uses only about 5% of the recycled materials.

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Impact of one pound
of "PET (polyethylene terephthalate)":

Overall impact (CEII): 932.4
Depletion (DI): 49593.35	Pollution (PI): 490.97	Entropy (EI)): 0

How the environment impact was calculated:

Production:

Requires:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Depletion (DI)	Pollution (PI)	Entropy (EI)	Total Impact (CEII)
Oil, extracted	0.004	barrel	653.96	362.45	0	364.71
Water, fresh	34	gallon (US)	48939.39	0	0	440.45

Releases:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Depletion (DI)	Pollution (PI)	Entropy (EI)	Total Impact (CEII)
Carbon dioxide pollution	3.6	pound	0	128.52	0	127.23

Use:

Requires:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Depletion (DI)	Pollution (PI)	Entropy (EI)	Total Impact (CEII)
			0	0	0	0

Releases:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Depletion (DI)	Pollution (PI)	Entropy (EI)	Total Impact (CEII)
			0	0	0	0

Disposal:

Requires:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Depletion (DI)	Pollution (PI)	Entropy (EI)	Total Impact (CEII)
			0	0	0	0

Releases:
Resource or Item	Amount	Unit	Depletion (DI)	Pollution (PI)	Entropy (EI)	Total Impact (CEII)
			0	0	0	0