Increased demand for plastics packaging to protect our personal health and to prevent the coronavirus from spreading further, combined with a collapse in oil prices, resulted in cheaper to produce virgin plastic. Given this, it is now more important than ever to consider the overarching and common goal of creating a truly sustainable and circular economy.
Replacing Non-Recyclable Frozen Food Trays with PET Monomaterial Structures, while Increasing use of rPET
Many indispensable products are partly or entirely made of plastics. We support our customers in switching to more sustainable solutions via our dedicated SUKANO® rPET Masterbatch Portfolio.
“With our newly formulated SUKANO® Impact Modifier Portfolio, customers have a recyclable alternative at hand to replace products made of, for instance, amorphous Copolyester or GAG film structures, while enjoying the benefits that go beyond mechanical properties modification.” states Alessandra Funcia, Head of Marketing at Sukano and Chairwoman at the Working Group Functional and Opaque PET packaging at PETCORE.
Improved durability and toughness, enhanced impact resistance, higher RPET content, shatter resistance – and all without a loss in transparency. It also allows safe packaging for consumer by reducing sharp edges and it leads to less shards, avoiding contamination. This helps improve productivity and yields by avoiding line interruptions and generating more first quality parts.
Our customers can also testify that these high-performance Masterbatches provide additional functionality as a cutting aid, improving die cutting in production, speeding up the lines and avoiding any cross-contamination potential by splinters. “All without compromises: our latest development - the SUKANO® Impact Modifier Portfolio - allows transparent trays for cold, flash frozen and room temperature trays, to be fully recyclable,” reinforces Michael Kirch, Global Head of R&D.