Recycled plastics applications | Weekly

1. Unilever refocuses its corporate strategy to use more recycled materials in plastic packaging

2, Kedebao recycles more than 7 million plastic bottles every day, using green magic to turn plastic bottles into shoes

3, Mars China's Snickers launched a recyclable single material polypropylene flexible packaging

4. Kao launched shrinkage label using 50% recycled PET in Taiwan Province

5. I.P. One, Apra and ENVICCO cooperated to launch recycled HDPE bottles

6, domestic beauty brand onTop cream bottle packaging material using recycled polyester

7, Japan Dawa Daiwa launched recycled plastic fishing tackle box

2024, Plastic Recycling: A new era, a new paradigm

2024, Plastic Recycling: A new era, a new paradigm

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Unilever has retooled its strategy to use more recycled materials in plastic packaging

Unilever's new chief executive said it would "radically" refocus the company's strategy around sustainability, moving from aspirational targets to short-term goals. But plastics will remain one of the four key areas, he said.

Hein Schumacher, who took over the consumer goods maker in July, said in a recent earnings conference call that "debates around brands, sustainability and goals have arguably generated more heat than light in recent years."

Schumacher starts talking about sustainability around 40 minutes into the video, saying that for plastics, this could mean more targets for using recycled materials in packaging.

Unilever told governments at the recent COP28 climate conference that it wants to triple renewable energy capacity by 2030; Protect and regenerate land, forests and oceans; Supporting regenerative agriculture; Support low-carbon feedstocks as alternatives to fossil chemicals.

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Freudenberg recycles more than 7 million plastic bottles every day, turning them into shoes with green magic

Nearly 16,000 plastic bottles are produced every second. Freudenberg recycles more than 7 million plastic bottles every day, giving plastic a new lease on life.

With the combination of multiple technologies and the creativity of brand designers, Kedebao creates a pair of sustainable shoes, from insole, lining, reinforcing materials to functional materials, all of which are environmentally friendly recycling of plastic bottles!

Kedebao uses green magic to turn plastic bottles into various components of shoes, with no chemical emissions, no staining of materials, no waste water discharge, and zero waste in the manufacturing process. In addition to recycling plastic bottles for sustainable production, Freudberg also spare no effort in internal recycling. Through the in-house recycling line, not only can the edge waste in the factory be recycled with zero waste, but we also help customers in the shoe factory in India, Indonesia and Vietnam to recycle the cut waste and put it all back into the production process.

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Mars China's Snickers bar launches recyclable single-material polypropylene flexible packaging

Recently, Mars China's brand Snickers launched a new product - low GI Black Chocolate cereal bar, the product uses a recyclable single material flexible packaging, the new product reflects Mars China has been exploring sustainable packaging. The launch of Snickers Low GI Black Chocolate Cereal Bar reflects Mars China's further development in the sustainable iteration of packaging. Its single flexible packaging using recyclable single polypropylene composite flexible packaging, following the concept of "recyclable design", can be recycled in specific channels.

On August 4, 2023, the "General Requirements for recyclable Design of Plastic Products" (2023-0901T-HG) industry standard was included in the second batch of industry standard system revision plan issued by the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology in 2023. The project is a green and low-carbon key standard revision project in the industrial optimization and upgrading standard project. The focal point of the standard technology is the National Plastic Standardization Technical Committee (SAC/TC15), and the recycled Plastics Working Group of the National Plastic Standards Committee (TC15/WG2) is specifically responsible for the various stages of the standard development.

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Kao launches shrink label using 50% recycled PET in Taiwan Province

After launching a packaging product using recycled PET resin in Taiwan Province of China in 2016, Kao has recently joined hands with Far East New Century to successfully develop a shrink film product made of 50% recycled PET resin. The shrink label produced by Kao will be the first to be applied to Kao's shampoo and novel bleach.

Compared with the use of the original resin, the shrinkage label produced by 50% recycled PET resin can reduce the carbon emission by 23.5~25%. In addition to being used in shrink labels, KAO includes six brands such as Kao shampoo, Biore, Men's Biore, Yi Suanxiu, Liese Lijie and Magic Spirit, and more than 60 product bottles have been made of recycled plastic. In addition to the use of recycled PET, in recent years, more PE, PP recycled material bottles have been developed, and the use of recycled plastic has accumulated nearly 700 tons since 2016.

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I.P. One, Apra and ENVICCO collaborate to launch recycled HDPE bottles

Thai fast-moving products company I.P. One recently launched Vixol with ENVICCO and Apra Packaging, a new packaging initiative that turns discarded colored plastic waste into recyclable bottles. Create a closed loop for plastic packaging through the pilot project "VIXOL POWER Black Bottle ".

"Vixol" products are the flagship brand of I.P. One. The company has previously reduced the size of plastic caps to reduce the use of more than 10 tons of plastic per year. This time, the company worked with Apra and ENVICCO to apply innovative technology to the reuse of HDPE bottles. The project created a closed-loop system for the production of 20 million Vixol bottles by sorting and recycling household packaging waste, producing post-consumer recycled HDPE, and finally creating new bottles.

According to online search results, Vixol Power products include toilet cleaning products. However, the PTTGC press release did not disclose the proportion of HDPE recycled content in this packaging, and ENVICCO is a joint venture between PTTGC and Apra to produce recycled plastics.

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Chinese beauty brand onTop cream bottles are made of recycled polyester

The domestic brand onTop Moisturizing and repairing oil cream product outer carton is made of bagasse fiber, the packaging material of the cream bottle is made of recycled polyester material using Eastman polyester recycling technology, and the empty bottle can continue to enter the recycling flow.

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Japan's Dawa Daiwa launched recycled plastic fishing tackle boxes

Daiwa, Japan, recently launched a new fishing tackle storage solution called Daiwa Eco-Tackle Box. Daiwa boxes are made from recycled plastic, which is recycled from discarded plastic bottles and other plastic products and is turned into brand new plastic products through a process of washing, crushing, melting and granulation. Daiwa boxes are also manufactured without the use of toxic chemicals, such as fluorocarbons or halogens, and are therefore not harmful to human health.