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configured to suit all needs and requirements, for instance, providing special protection for highly permeable filling products, meeting the highest hygiene standards for foods or designed specially for high-bay racking systems.”
COMPLETE RECYCLABILITY “The modular design of the Ecobulk is also a decisive factor in the second reason the system is so successful: Schütz IBCs offer complete recyclability, giving them outstanding economic and ecological efficiency in the global cycle,” Schütz continues. “As a pioneer in the industry, the manufacturer gained experience with reconditioning IBCs from as early as 1976 and in 1980 was the first IBC producer to guarantee the collection of empty containers. Since then, Schütz’s eco-friendly recycling system has developed to become the biggest producer-operated network for the collection and reconditioning of empty IBCs anywhere in the world.” As with its factory-new packagings, the
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IBCS • PACKAGING GIANT SCHÜTZ HAS UNVEILED A NEW BRAND NAME FOR ITS RECONDITIONED IBCS, WHILE FUTHRE BOLSTERING PRODUCTION CAPACITY AROUND THE WORLD
SCHÜTZ HAS LAUNCHED Recobulk, a new brand name that, it says, makes “the close link between originality and quality instantly visible on reconditioned Schütz IBCs”. As such, both new and reconditioned units will have ‘Ecobulk/ Recobulk’ embossed on their label plates “to document the recyclability and the uncompromising quality” of
both products. “In doing so, the company is communicating a clear message: regardless of whether customers use an Ecobulk or a Recobulk, they always benefit from the same original quality paired with high safety. Both the Ecobulk and the Recobulk have the same standard specifications and are 100 per cent compatible.” “With the Ecobulk, Schütz created the most
frequently used IBC system in the world,” the company says. “Since the beginning, the pioneering core of the packaging system has been its modular design, which is also a key factor in its global success. The container can be perfectly adapted to meet the specific requirements of the filling product and the customer’s individual supply chain. From the inner bottle to the bottom plate and components such as outlet valves and screw caps, Schütz is continually improving the overall performance and opening up new application fields through a process of constant development and diverse innovations. The Ecobulk can be optimally
company says it has “applied the highest quality standards” to reconditioned units from the very start and “established a dedicated standard”. Moreover, “to completely rule out any potential risks that could result from the parallel use of new and used packaging, reconditioned Ecobulks offer exactly the same high level of safety as new ones”. This, it says, “is achieved by using a standard global reconditioning process which is based on the highest environmental, safety and quality management standards”. “Retrieved Ecobulk containers
are reconditioned by fitting them with a brand new inner bottle,” the company explains. “All other components, such as screw caps, outlet valves and label plates, are replaced with new original components. The robust steel grid and the bottom plate are repaired if necessary and reused. If the IBC has UN approval, then this is extended for a further five years.” Furthermore, any plastics components that have been removed “are internally recycled and the material is fully reused to make new packaging components”, such as new plastics pallets, for example.
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