Debatin has collaborated with PreZero on a new packaging solution containing 60% PCR material, with 50% apparently coming from materials collected through the household recycling system, including plastic packaging and mixed recyclables.
Debatin says it has supplemented the ‘more sustainable’ PCR film with improvements to its machinery and processes, and now aims to offer packaging solutions to healthcare customers for transporting laboratory samples and security packaging for national banks and other industries.
“We have been using films made from PCR material for years for a large proportion of our products, which contain more than 80% PCR,” says Debatin CEO Thomas Rose. “Thanks to its innovative recycling technology, PreZero can incorporate household waste streams into the production of PCR film, even though this type of raw material is often highly contaminated and contains a variety of material combinations,” Rose adds.
Apparently, the collaboration between PreZero and Debatin has existed within the Deriba Group for years. On this subject, Frank Rieker, managing director of PreZero Polymers International GmbH, says: “Thanks to our long-standing partnership with DEBATIN within the DERIBA Group, we are highly familiar with their requirements for PCR plastics. Using our own sorting and recycling technology, we can produce PCR plastics for DEBATIN from household waste streams. This means that even this extremely difficult-to-process waste is finding its way into recycling, contributing to a more sustainable packaging world.”
In April this year, PreZero expanded its online tool, PreZero Spot, designed to help packaging manufacturers and distributors save resources, reduce packaging waste, and optimize their packaging designs by evaluating their own product portfolios. The company partnered with the Packaging Cockpit, a tool which calculates the technical recyclability and life cycle assessment of packaging systems.
Last month Henkel announced its laundry detergents were being packaged in mono-material films featuring 30% PCR, developed by Korozo Group and Ecoplast to be recycled in line with the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation. The PCR content was provided by Ecoplast – its LDPE recycled materials are said to be ISCC Plus and EuCertPlast-certified, meaning the recycled content can be tracked and traced throughout the value chain.
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