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==Availability==
Due in part to the volume of discarded soda bottles, mechanically recycled polyester is readily available to textile and apparel suppliers.
Companies such as Freudenberg Politex in Italy, and REPREVE® and Poole Company in the United States are producing versions of mechanically recycled polyester that are of almost equal quality to virgin polyester because of the high quality of raw materials used.
Chemically recycled polyester is gaining in popularity and the number of companies offering fabrics made from this technology is increasing globally. The Japanese company Teijin which first developed chemical recycling technology, recently established a joint venture to establish fabric manufacturing in China.
Eco Intelligent™, antimony-free polyester, is available through Victor Group in North America. Antimony free tititanium-based catalysts are available from Johnson Matthey's catalyst Vertec and Teijin's "heavy metal free" polyester chip.[20][21]
Polylactide (PLA) is still a developing technology. NatureWorks LLC makes Ingeo, a PLA.
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