Some types of plastic can be recycled in various ways, but other kinds of plastic cannot be recycled at all. Here’s how recycled polyester is made. At the recycling facility, water and soda bottles ...

Made from PET plastic, it is prized for its durability, lightness ... to see how one company makes clothing from used plastic bottles and whether this is the best solution for this waste stream.

And they've made huge ... and the recovered plastic is sent to an Adidas processing plant. Adidas uses plastic bottles that contain polyethylene terephthalate, or PET. And if it's something ...

The grocery aisle is a dizzying array of colourful packaging, but most of it is made of virgin materials. So what happens to the carefully collected packaging after it's put in the recycling?