PETplanet Insider Vol. 24 No. 09/23 www.petpla.net 40 PETbottles Home + Personal Care Durable spray head for glass cleaner Sustainability has many facets. In addition to refilling, recycling and the use of recycled material, the other components of a packaging must also be rethought. For example, the repeated use of packaging components through refill systems often leads to problems that do not exist when the components are used once. It happens with the repeated filling of bottles with spray heads that they no longer function reliably after a small number of refills. A remedy for this is promised by the Frosch brand, which has improved and designed its spray head in such a way that it allows for approx. 5,000 pump impacts, which, according to the manufacturer, makes the bottle refillable at least 11 times. In addition, the weight-reduced spray head is made entirely of plastic - PE and PP - and is therefore recyclable. The inner functional parts consist of 29% recycled material. The picture shows the bottle for glass cleaner, which has been made of 100 % recycled material for a long time. www.frosch.de Mouthwash concentrate in PET The Crest brand, which belongs to Procter & Gamble, sells a mouthwash concentrate in the USA in a small-volume PET bottle with a capacity of 50 ml under the name Scope Squeez. The handy bottle offers two advantages: the mouthwash fits in any pocket, so it is always ready for use and is mixed with water to form the finished product just before use. The second advantage is that no “unnecessary” water is transported during transport, thus saving resources in the area of fuel and also transport space due to the small package size. Two small squirts of liquid into the transparent snap-on lid of the bottle are sufficient to produce an effective mouthwash in sufficient quantity by adding water. Before first use, the sleeve label is pulled over the container lid and serves as a safeguard. The content of the small bottle corresponds to a mouthwash bottle with a content of one litre. www.crest.com Zen Vibes by Nivea Finding new fragrances and new fragrance combinations that meet consumer desires and the zeitgeist is what drives brand manufacturers. The latest example is a shower gel variant as a limited edition from Nivea with the scent of geranium and vanilla under the name “Zen Vibe”, which is supposed to provide a noticeably refreshed skin feeling. The packaging is a lightly coloured 250ml bottle made of rPET with a bounced, two-tone hinged cap. A non-label look label on the front makes the product visible and a small sticker indicates the limited edition. www.nivea.de PROCESS PILOT+TM Optimize Blowmolder Performance and Profitability with Automated, Closed-Loop Control +1.724.482.2163 agrintl.com Maximize rPET usability and processing Improve bottle performance and downstream operations Maintain lightweight, targeted material distribution Increase consistent production yield Overcome environmental and process variation Reduce scrap with accelerated start-up
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