PETpla.net Insider 05 / 2017

MATERIALS / RECYCLING PET planet Insider Vol. 18 No. 05/17 www.petpla.net 21 MATERIALS / RECYCLING 21 • 28mm, 33mm and 38mm screw closures • Robust and trouble free capping • Established DoubleSeal™ technology - for secure sealing performance - for better protection against micro-organisms • Slit FLEXBAND ® band technology for enhanced tamper evidence • O 2 barrier and scavenging options for screw flat caps supporting longer shelf life and fresher taste • Sports closures for aseptic filling and hot filling without aluminum foil • Special closures for syrups and carton packaging Unique range of screw and sports closures designed for cold fill and aseptic application BERI CAP Technology for juices, RTD teas, health drinks www.bericap.com PET fusion jar made up of a main jar, small jar main cap and small cap. Paints The Relpet team is proud to be associated in the development of 1l and 4l transparent PET for water based paints jointly with one of the major PP container suppliers to paint industry. PET packaging is cost-com- petitive along with improved physicals. Nerolac Paints launched one of their paint variants in PET in 2015-16 and there is latent potential with other paint majors. Barrier PET is used for enhancing shelf life of contents in bottle and thermoformed packages. RIL has developed Relpet B9845 barrier resin with an active oxygen barrier and an passive barrier to carbon dioxide. Typical applications are ketchup, beer, wine, mayonnaise and juice variants. Both opaque bar- rier PET and transparent barrier PET with shrink sleeve are being used. Non-bottle applications It includes thermoformed APET trays/blisters, PET strapping, wires, mono filaments, blood collection tubes, injection moulded items among others. Niche PET grades In addition, there are other special PET grades like thin wall injection moulding PET and extrusion blow moulding PET, which are slowly get- ting evaluated for niche uses in India. Recycling and sustainability It is important to note that PET remains eco-friendly throughout its life cycle. The recycled PET bottles are used as raw material in textiles, like blankets, T-shirts, pillows, etc. and strappings in India. The recycling rate for PET is as high as up to 90% in India. RIL itself recycles 50 KTPA of PCR PET bottles to value-added products. PET bottles are thus proving to be the perfect eco- friendly and circular economy pack for planet earth in this part of the world, as globally, according to Reliance. The reverse vending machines for PCR PET which are now being installed in India rewards consumer with discount coupons/vouch- ers, runs advertisements and have static advertisement on machine body thus further engaging the consumer. PET usage thus results in reducing the carbon footprint and lead- ing to a cleaner and greener world for coming generations in India! Indian PET market: The road ahead! The PET packaging market in India has grown expo- nentially and will continue to expand further into newer areas. In 2007-08, PET usage was 210 KTA and in 2015-16 it was 820 KTA, a growth of 300% in nine years. Reliance is proud to be a part of this success journey and con- tinues to strive jointly along with other stakeholders to co-develop niche resins and packaging solutions. India is now all set to cross mile stone of 1mn TPA of PET consump- tion in 2018-19! www.ril.com