An example of successful waste management is the reprocessing of PET bottles (made of polyethylene terephthalate) into polyester fibers.

The product of the technology may just be a commodity such as the polyethylene plastic or a sophisticated product like the ICs used in a smartphone.

Regarding the exemption request by the United States for CFC 113 used for high modulus polyethylene fibre, he noted that it met the technical criteria for classification as a process agent.

It might be possible to provide metering for individual items of manufacturing equipment (e.g. an induction furnace) to detect frequency and duration of use or to monitor the purchasing of certain chemicals common to production and finishing operations, such as chlorinated volatile organic compounds.

It started in Japan. Sumitomo had developed a technology essentially to impregnate a polyethylene based fiber with organic insecticide, so you could create a bed net, a malaria bed net, that would last five years and not need to be re dipped.

3.10.1.6.1 A review of the medical literature on chemical aspiration revealed that some hydrocarbons (petroleum distillates) and certain chlorinated hydrocarbons have been shown to pose an aspiration hazard in humans. Primary alcohols, and ketones have been shown to pose an aspiration hazard only in animal studies.