{"id":32595,"date":"2022-06-21T12:12:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T11:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/?p=32595"},"modified":"2022-06-22T16:58:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T15:58:09","slug":"continental-tyres-made-from-recycled-pet-bottles-now-available-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/continental-tyres-made-from-recycled-pet-bottles-now-available-in-europe\/32595","title":{"rendered":"Continental tyres made from recycled PET bottles now available in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continental tyres containing polyester made from recycled PET bottles are now available to all dealers in Europe.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In April, Continental brought into series production the so-called ContiRe.Tex technology, which can completely replace the conventionally polyester in the tyre carcass.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, the tyre manufacturer offers three models in five dimensions each with polyester made from recycled PET bottles: the PremiumContact 6, the EcoContact 6 and the all-season tyre AllSeasonContact.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-32596 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/csm_contiretex_mit_pet_flaschen_1_0efe236b16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"809\" height=\"607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/csm_contiretex_mit_pet_flaschen_1_0efe236b16.jpg 1450w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/csm_contiretex_mit_pet_flaschen_1_0efe236b16-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/csm_contiretex_mit_pet_flaschen_1_0efe236b16-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/csm_contiretex_mit_pet_flaschen_1_0efe236b16-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 809px) 100vw, 809px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In September 2021, Continental unveiled the specially developed ContiRe.Tex technology for the first time. It uses polyester yarn, which is obtained from used PET bottles without any intermediate chemical steps and not recycled in any other way.<\/p>\n<p>This makes the technology much more efficient than other standard methods for processing PET bottles into high-performance polyester yarns. The bottles used for the technology come exclusively from regions without a closed recycling loop. A set of standard passenger car tyres uses the material from around 40 recycled PET bottles.<\/p>\n<p>Tyres with ContiRe.Tex technology have a special logo on the sidewall: Contains Recycled Material.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continental tyres containing polyester made from recycled PET bottles are now available to all dealers in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":105,"featured_media":32596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-continental","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Continental tyres made from recycled PET bottles now available in Europe - TyreTrade.ie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/index.php\/continental-tyres-made-from-recycled-pet-bottles-now-available-in-europe\/32595\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Continental tyres made from recycled PET bottles now available in Europe - 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