PETpla.net Insider 04 / 2019

MATERIALS / RECYCLING PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 04/19 www.petpla.net 29 W W W . I N T R A V I S . C O M / P R E F O R M controls 100% in- or offline Cavity related Statistics&Alarms clever Layout for small Footprint m² P R E F O R M I N S P E C T I O N up to 100,000 Preforms/Hour Trouble with Contamination, Bubbles or Short-Shots? Find out more! PETplanet asked Mr Kay Reinhard Schneider, CEO of Werner & Mertz about future challenges and improvements for environmentally friendly plastic packaging. PETplanet: Where do you see future challenges in producing pack- aging made out of 100% rPET? Schneider: Quality, availability, lack of true innovation, unfit infrastruc- ture, missing willingness to adapt/ change existing business models and processes and last but not least, price. Therefore a clear legal frame- work is necessary including tangible incentives for companies for early movers. PETplanet: Werner & Mertz is very well known for its sustainability strategy. Where do you see further improvements for an environmentally friendly plastic packaging? Schneider: We need to reduce complexity of plastic packaging (mono- material). Less colour (pigments), addi- tives (e.g. scavengers), no multi-layer from different plastics. Everything harm- ful to the quality of recyclates should eliminated or should be treated follow- ing the polluter-pays-principle. Werner & Mertz committed to have 100% of all consumer packaged products made from 100% PCR by 2025. This naturally includes 100% recycability.