The PET-in-Box concept

24 Apr 201922 May 2019 PP-Admin 2797 Views 2 min read

Stackable packaging solutions with integrated handles Cypet Technologies delivered its first machine for 18 l stackable PET bottles for edible oil packaging in 2015. Since then, several additional machines for this application have been delivered, for bottle sizes from 9-25 l, also featuring integrated handles for convenience, lower cost and easy recycling. But

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A safety tightrope walk

21 Mar 201928 Mar 2019 PP-Admin 2657 Views 7 min read

Post-consumer PET recycling in Ohio Running a full capacity of 60-65 million lbs a year and established for 25 years in recycling plants, Lori Carson, Director Commercial Operations, at Phoenix Technologies has gotten to know many of the problems that can crop up in the post-consumer recycling industry. Starting up the

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Recycling, a review

21 Mar 20195 Apr 2019 PP-Admin 8328 Views 13 min read

Looking back to the beginnings of plastics recycling, it becomes clear that since the 1980s, mechanical engineers have developed increasingly from general post-industrial plastics recyclers to highly specialised post-consumer PET recyclers. Making a name for themselves in particular are mechanical engineers in PET recycling from Austria, Germany and Italy. The specialising

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The 50/50 solution

21 Mar 201928 Mar 2019 PP-Admin 3429 Views 9 min read

An interview with Rüdiger Löhl, Managing Director of E-proPlast, in which we discuss the increasing level of recyclate in PET bottles and why “100% rPET” is not sustainable. By Gabriele Kosmehl PETplanet: Your company specialises in the design and manufacture of PET bottles for the beverages and HBC industries. To what

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Active base inversion

4 Mar 201928 Mar 2019 PP-Admin 2943 Views 3 min read

New patented technology for hot-fill PET bottles Sidel BoostPrime is a unique PET packaging solution, offering an alternative for hot-filled beverages in PET bottles. This patented solution is addressing the single serve market of JNSDIT (juice, nectar, soft drink, isotonics, tea) filled in PET bottles of up to 1.2 l at a

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Water filling in 100% rPET

1 Mar 201928 Mar 2019 PP-Admin 4523 Views 6 min read

Bottles: recycled, produced, filled and shipped in a real cycle On the most northerly part of our tour we met Sandy Gott of Ice River Spring in Feversham, Ontario. She told us the amazing story of her family-owned business which is the only beverage company in North America operating their own

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