EDITOUR 11 PETplanet Insider Vol. 25 from imports of recycled materials and increasingly towards local recycling. The Fujairah-based recycler Horizon Technologies FZC, for example, received authorisation for rPET for use in food contact this year. Aswin Puthran surmised that the upswing is likely to come primarily from a growing demand for PLA. “If PLA becomes established, the recycling infrastructure for PET will automatically change and improve. On the government side, the topic of recycling and the use of recycled material will also be pushed, albeit currently without a defined minimum percentage per packaging, but it will in any case support the customer-generated demand for packaging with a recycled content.” The only exciting thing that remains is the question of sorting by type, as there are currently hardly any options for this. But this is also set to change soon. www.petcogulf.com Only from KHS: freshness protection which is 100% bottle-to-bottle recyclable. With FreshSafe-PET® YG JCXG EQODKPGF VJG DGPGƂ VU QH 2'6 CPF INCUU DQVVNGU +VU YCHGT VJKP KPUKFG NC[GT QH INCUU MGGRU DGXGTCIGU HTGUJ HQT NQPIGT s CPF OCKPVCKPU VCUVG CPF XKVCOKPU 6JG EQCVKPI KU CNUQ HWNN[ EQORCVKDNG YKVJ '2$2 FGUKIP IWKFGNKPGU HQT TGE[ENKPI CPF KU TGEQIPK\GF D[ VJG #24 6JKU KU [GV HWTVJGT RTQQH QH JQY YG CTG EQPUVCPVN[ TGKPXGPVKPI the PET bottle. RGV MJU EQO HTGUJUCHGRGV PET BOTTLE. THE REVOLUTION OF THE IT DOESN’T COMPROMISE ON RECYCLING EITHER. Aswin Puthran shows the finished rPET juice bottle. Aswin Puthran in production with a 5 l edible oil PET bottle
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