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Jun 21, 2022

Recycled PET-Bottles Now in Continental Tire’s EU Products

Hanover, Germany, June 20, 2022. Continental tires containing polyester made from recycled PET bottles are now available to all dealers in Europe. Continental has brought the so-called ContiRe.Tex technology, which can completely replace the conventionally polyester in the tire carcass, into series production in April 2022. Currently, the premium tire 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 tire AllSeasonContact.

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. 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 tires uses the material from around 40 recycled PET bottles. Tires with ContiRe.Tex technology have a special logo on the sidewall (“Contains Recycled Material”).

PremiumContact 6 CRM EcoContact 6 CRM AllSeasonContact CRM
225/45R17 91Y 205/55R16 91V 205/55R16 91H
225/40R18 92Y 195/65R15 91V 225/45R17 94V
235/45R18 98Y 205/60R16 96H XL 205/60R16 96H
235/40R19 96Y 185/65R15 88H 215/65R16 102V
245/40R19 98Y XL 235/55R18 100V 235/55R19 105V

Source: Continental Tire

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