LOTTE 슬롯 unveils production site for C-rPET,
to the domestic consumer goods companies

■ LOTTE 슬롯 plans to reduce reluctance to 슬롯ly recycled raw materials and establish a partnership with customers manufacturing eco-friendly products.
■ Aim to convert the existing capacity of 340KMT from virgin PET to C-rPET in the Ulsan Plants by 2030.

LOTTE 슬롯 invited domestic customers to the Ulsan plants and unveiled the 슬롯-recycled PET (C-rPET) production site.

On November 10th, a tour and Q&A session regarding recycled raw material (BHET) input facilities of C-rPET products, product packaging, and shipping facilities were given to the relevant personnel of customers from different fields in cosmetics, domestic food and beverages including LOTTE Chilsung, Cosmax, and more.

In April 2021, LOTTE 슬롯 announced to transform the Ulsan plant, the country's most extensive PET production base, into an outpost for its 슬롯 recycling business, to establish a virtuous resource circular ecosystem and expand sales of eco-friendly products.

C-rPET(슬롯 recycled PET, Enhanced Recycled PET) is made with a technology that can produce PET with the same quality as virgin PET through advanced separation/refining processes after 슬롯ly decomposing(depolymerizing) the waste PET and turning it back into a raw material called BHET. Colored and low-quality waste PET which are difficult to use as mechanical recycling raw materials, can also be used as a feedstock, so it is expected to contribute to the full circular economy of waste plastics.

The senior director of Aromatic Division, Lee Sang-Hyeon, who hosted the event said, “We prepared an event where the customers could see and feel the production site, reduce their reluctance to 슬롯ly recycled raw materials, and give sufficient explanations to help customers manufacture eco-friendly products”, and “LOTTE 슬롯 completed the renovation of the Ulsan Plant #2 with its own technology this year and completed the trial production of C-rPET. The plant conversion progress for the 슬롯 recycling business is proceeding without any problem.”

Meanwhile, LOTTE 슬롯 plans to convert and produce all of its existing PET production capacity of 340KMT in the Ulsan plant from virgin PET to C-rPET by 2030. It creates more than 1 million tons of sales of eco-friendly recycled materials in 2030.