Teijin will provide an eco-friendly green carpet for the Tokyo International Film Festival, one of Asia's most competitive film festivals, that will be held from 17-25 October.

The green carpet is made with ECOPET recycled polyester fibre, derived from used polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. It will be used  in place of the traditional red carpet during the opening ceremony and will cover a total area of 1,800 x 0.9m.

Over the past five years, the festival embraced the theme of ecology with a variety of green initiatives, including the use of Teijin's green carpet. This year, it will also carry out a charity drive and implement e-ticketing to reduce the use of paper.

The ECOPET carpeting

The area covered by the carpet is the equivalent of about 26,000 half-litre bottles. This brings the six year total of carpet produced for the Tokyo International Film Festival to 100,000m, or some 169,000 half-litre bottles.

In addition to carpeting, Teijin's ECOPET is used in a wide range of applications, including apparel, uniforms, interior textiles such as curtains, industrial materials such as tents, banners and filters, and civil engineering materials.

Teijin Group

Teijin is a technology-driven group offering advanced solutions in the areas of sustainable transportation, information and electronics, safety and protection, environment and energy, and healthcare.

Its main fields of operation are high-performance fibres such as aramid, carbon fibres and composites, healthcare, films, resin and plastic processing, polyester fibres, products converting and IT.

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