RECYCLABLE PACKAGING
Committed to
PET recycling Polyoak Packaging (Polyoak) is intensifying its commitment to extended producer responsibility and partnering with customers to optimise packaging recyclability.
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HE COMPANY has been a contributing member of PETCO, the PET industry’s recycling body, since its inception in 2004. It actively participates on the PETCO board. In 2018, PETCO and member companies who pay the voluntary levy facilitated the collection and recycling of 103 tonnes of postconsumer PET bottles in South Africa.
LIGHTWEIGHTING Polyoak’s national executive for its specialist PET division, Polypet, maintains that PET has significant advantages as a packaging material because of its strength, thermostability and clarity. It’s shatterproof, safe, hygienic, portable, resealable, lightweight, easy to recycle and cost-effective. According to PETCO, the weight of PET packaging has
reduced by more than 30 per cent over the last decade. Polyoak’s Wessel Oelofse agrees, ‘Over the last ten years, Polypet has reduced the weight of its four and five litre PET bottles by an average of 30 per cent, while maximising robustness and improving top load strength. Smart design has improved performance, whilst utilising significantly fewer resources to deliver a greener footprint.’ Stronger, lighter packaging is especially important in Africa, where packs often need to travel vast distances over rugged terrain, and cost is a vitally importance aspect.
RECYCLABILITY OF PET Another major advantage of PET is recyclability. According to PETCO, 66 per cent
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