Aptar and Purecycle achieve testing milestone with Ultra-Pure Recycled plastic
Aptar Group, Inc., a global leader in drug delivery, consumer product dispensing, and active material science solutions and services, is pleased to announce its progress in testing and transforming Purecycle Technologies, Inc.’s Ultra-Pure Recycled (UPR) plastic.
Aptar and Purecycle are working to determine the right material combination to create hinged closures for food, beverage, and cosmetics applications made with UPR. Recently, Aptar converted prototype material from the Purecycle Feedstock Evaluation Unit into multiple colours of hinged closures with performances similar to conventional resin for food, beverage, and cosmetic applications.
As part of the company’s sustainable material sourcing strategy, Aptar signed a strategic agreement with Purecycle in September of 2019. For the past two years, the company has partnered with Purecycle as its preferred technology partner among converters of UPR allowing the two companies to work diligently on rigorous prototype testing of UPR in dispensing solution applications. Purecycle is actively working to begin commercial production of UPR at its first commercial facility in the United States. Aptar will have access to UPR from this initial site, as well as UPR from future Purecycle facilities worldwide.
