To provide a recovery method of a polyester resin support good in productivity and payability for recovering the support from a recording material, wherein a coating film is formed on the support using a natural polymeric binder and a synthetic polymeric binder, in a state capable of recycling the support as the raw material of the support for the recording material.

In the recovery method of the polyester resin support wherein the chip-like recording material, wherein at least one coating film is provided on the polyester resin support, is treated with an alkaline treatment liquid and the coating film is separated/removed from the recording material to recover the polyester resin support, a recovery apparatus having a treatment part for treating the recording material with the alkaline treatment liquid in a chip like form, a wet specific gravity separator, a first separation treatment part having a water separating means, a high shearing force separator, a second separation treatment part having the water separating means, a neutralization treatment part and a washing/drying part is used.