This prestigious prize rewards LDPET promoting bottle-to-bottle recycling of clear PET bottles
A prize awarded by Pack 2019 was a record-breaking edition with more than 2000 exhibitors and over 31.000 visitors, up over more than 8% compared to the previous show. a 100 applications, the Technology Excellence Awards products in 5 different categories, out of 15 finalists The Technology Excellence Award, created by Pack Expo as it is given by the market itself, and not by a purchasing managers, have evaluated the innovative and excellence characteristics of the technologies and products.
LDPET helping brands to fulfill their sustainability commitments
low density shrink sleeve labels with an Infra-Red A provide full body, 360° decoration for premium differentiation, while complete recovery and recycling of clear PET bottles. After collection and optical sorting, the bottles with LDPET product are the clear PET mechanical recycling process. The PET bottle is then sent to a recovery station, to be ground, washed and rinsed. clear PET and colored LDPET flakes are separated by decantation process. During the washing stage ,clear PET flakes are re-sorted and then sent to extrusion and purification units and will be used to create new pre-forms and then, new r-PET bottles. Qualified and approved since 2014 by major recycler associations including APR (Association of Plastic Recyclers) and EPBP (European PET Bottle Platform), LDPET assists in the recovery of food-grade rPET, through enabling “bottle-to-bottle” closed loop recycling.
