Environmental Aspects of Polyethylene terephthalate’s Production - Present-day Packaging Polymer

Abstract

There were considered environmental aspects concerning to manufacturing of marketable polymeric material for modern industry, i.e. polyethylene terephthalate (PET). There were represented data about the World and Russian market conditions for this material consumption, as well as considered possibilities of further development for its market channels. There were considered possibilities for PET production’s technology process, as well as terephthalic acid manufacturing at the one of large enterprises of Russian polyester complex – OJSC “POLYEF”, affiliated with SIBUR Holding. There was examined the main equipment, methods and measures on objects of ecological interest’ protection, developed and applied at the enterprise. There was introduced the evaluation of enterprise impact on the environment, among other things, on ambient air, soil and water bodies. There were considered possibilities of waste treatment, which generated during PET manufacturing, as well as PET-packaging, with receiving of secondary PET under minimum amount of resources.