Polyester – mechanical/thermal recycling remove lids and labels convert to fibre pulverise convert to yarn weave cloth finished product Mainly from recycled PET bottles: Collected at bottle banks, sorted by colour, crushed and baled Bales sent to specialist converters for cleaning and shredding into flake The PET flake can then be melt spun as normal In Europe, we recycle 35% of PET bottles. Global harvest is about 1.5 million tonnes 2008 was a bumper year – PET bottles were a cheap alternative raw material, because of high oil prices. Good exports to China Margins down 30% in 2009, due to lower demand