Feasibility of recycling PET plastic bottles in the tourism sector

One of the most profitable industries today is the tourism industry which is the first industry in many regions of the world and many earn a living through it. Tourism brings its own environmental pollution. Water bottles are one of the bulkiest wastes in this sector. In many natural environments, we encounter plastic waste and water bottles. In this research, the recycled polyethylene terephthalate from the bottles of the tourist sector and also the environmental issues related to it have been investigated. Recycled plastics have weaker properties than new materials, which can limit their use. Polyethylene terephthalate is a suitable choice for various applications due to its high engineering properties. This material has special uses due to its many advantages. On the other hand, despite having the ideal condition, for some engineering application has a problem such as fragility in low temperature, poor notch stress especially at low temperature and lower dimensional stability than polycarbonate. In this research, this problem, especially at the low temperatures, has been resolved by alloying with polycarbonate. In this research, the properties of the matrix have been improved by alloying the recycled polyethylene terephthalate matrix with polycarbonate. By using this method, the bottles that have been thrown away in nature could be recovered and returned to the production cycle.