Recycling of Synthetic fiber (Polyester)

 in Bangladesh

Adnan Sanzid Ali

Department of Textile Engineering
 GLOBAL FIBER MARKET

• Global market size

accounted for 113 million
tonnes, which refers to an
average 14.5 kg supply per
head

Reference: https://fiberjournal.com/the-fiber-year-2021-holistic-approach-from-fibers-to-fabrics/
 GLOBAL POLYESTER MARKET 2020

Out of the total consumption of 52 % polyester fibre Spun Polyester Share is 18% and
Filament Polyester share is 34 %. 

Reference: file:///F:/YEAR-2022/RESEARCH%20MATERIALS/RECYCLING%20PET/PET/Textile-Exchange_Preferred-Fiber-and-Materials-Market-Report_2021.pdf
 MMF Demand In Bangladesh 2020

 Annual PSF import 99,345 tonnes (2020) 

  Up 3.4% from 96,077 tonnes from 2019

  40 spinning mills import PSF 

 PET chip demand 500 ton/day (for fiber &

bottle prod)
Reference:  https://www.textileexcellence.com/news/bangladeshs-mmf-imports-on-the-rise/ 
file:///F:/YEAR-2022/ALL%20THINGS%20OF%203rd%20SEMESTER/LERANING%20MATERIALS%20%20OF%203rd%20SEMESTER/1.%20Textie%20Ra
w%20Material%20-%20II%20%20(MSR)/MODULE_03/Module%203%20Global%20Manmade%20Fiber%20Industry.pdf
 
PSF can be produced from
recycled bottles (rPET)
 PET & Bangladesh
• Bangladesh’s per capita plastic consumption 9.0 kg in 2020

• Only  Dhaka waste generated 24,032-36,047 tons of plastic waste  per year (per day is

646 tons)

• Only 37.2 percent of the plastic waste in Dhaka is recycled."

• 450 crore PET bottles used annually .

• 977,000 tons of plastic consumed in 2020, only 31 percent were recycled (302807
tons). 

• Polyester emits 9.52kg CO2 per ton where rPET emits 5.19kg per ton

 Scope of Recycle Polyester 

•  takes from 33% to 53% less energy than vergine

pet.
• Energy need to produce polyester 125 MJ/ Kg of
fiber
• Energy need to produce  recycle polyester 125 MJ/
Kg of fiber
• By consuming 9 PET bottle we can produce one T-
Shirt
•  PET pellets on the international market at a price
of BDT'80-120/ kg
 Obstacle of Bangladesh 

• Only Bangladeshi Manufacturers of psf

and Suppliers of psf only 8
The number of such units was increasing rapidly because exporters
can sell PET pellets on the international market at a price of BDT'80-
120/ kg, higher than the value in the domestic market, but recent PET is recycled in 300
reductions in oil prices have made PET recycling less attractive, the facilities in Dhaka,
report noted. according to the World
The textile industry in Bangladesh can create huge market demand Bank study.
for recycled PET and play an important role in bringing circularity in
the plastic life cycle, the report added.