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KP agrees five-year deal for recycled PET
Klöckner Pentaplast (KP), a specialist in fresh food packaging, has agreed a five-year deal with recycler Viridor – to supply KP with 8,000 tonnes/year of post-consumer recycled PET The agreement will be fulfilled by Viridor’s £65m (US$84m) Avonmouth Resource Recovery Centre, which will make KP its largest rPET flake customer
– and its largest buyer of rPET flake in the UK. In the first two years,
Viridor’s multi-polymer processing plant will produce 60,000 tonnes of recycled plastics from 81,000 tonnes/year feed- stock – comprising 1.6 billion bottles, pots, tubs and trays. It plans to raise volume to 63,000 tonnes – from 1.7 billion items – in
year three. From this, 8,000 tonnes/year of the PET will be supplied to KP. Adam Barnett, president
of the food packaging division at KP, said: “We want to take our partnership with Viridor to the next level of circularity as we continue to meet our common goals in true closed loop tray to tray recycling.” �
www.kpfilms.com
Schur Flexibles of Germany says it aims to make the majority of its products recyclable before 2025 – and that it already has many within its portfolio. “Sustainability is a clear management target and the company provides the resources to follow up,” said Martin Berlekamp, head of sustainability at the company. “In addition to our 2025 target, we have one for 2020 — we want to provide a recyclable solution to all markets.” An example of this is the company’s Vacuflex EX-T
range, a recyclable thermoforming film made of polyole- fins with an EVOH barrier. �
www.schurflexibles.com
US bag makers
US plastic film producers and recyclers have set a target for 95% of plastic retail bags to be reused or recycled by 2025. The American Recycla- ble Plastic Bag Alliance (ARPBA) said its members have also committed to targets for recycled content in plastic retail bags: 10% by 2021, 15% by 2023 and 20% by 2025. �
https://bagalliance.org
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Bubble Wrap’s 90% recyclate
US-based Sealed Air has launched a new version of Bubble Wrap – which is made from at least 90% recycled content. The recycled content used to make this version of Bubble Wrap is sourced from post-industrial materials that would otherwise end up in landfills. Sealed Air’s future product developments will also incorporate post-con- sumer recycled content. “We’re proud to offer a
reinvented Bubble Wrap that can be recycled at store drop-off locations – fostering a circular economy and delivering on our sustainability pledge to eliminate plastic waste,” said Ted Doheny, president and CEO of Sealed Air. �
www.sealedair.com
set targets Persico has acquired Kiefel Automotive’s technological know-how in the manufac- ture of automotive trim parts.
Persico acquires automotive know-how from Kiefel
The deal has enabled the new owner to
found Persico Automotive, a new German subsidiary with extensive expertise in vacuum laminating. The new company is based in Freilassing, near many major automotive players. Persico now owns Kiefel’s patents, know-how, employees and set-up and testing machinery – which will also be placed in Persico’s American plants. In Freilassing. �
www.persico.com
FILM & SHEET EXTRUSION | January/February 2020
Tesla is one user of Kiefel’s automotive technology’
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