Black plastic packaging materials pose a challenge for the recycling value chain on account of the color used in them to date, as they cannot be properly identified and sorted by the optical sensors at waste sorting facilities. But this situation is about to change.
Henkel has partnered with its supplier Ampacet, a master batch producer, to implement an innovative solution for fully recyclable black plastic packaging. The new packaging material is based on an alternative, carbon-free black color, allowing used bottles to be returned to the value chain.
Innovative plastic bottle
The new color has been used for the first time in black plastic bottles produced by Greiner Packaging to contain Bref toilet cleaning products. This innovation denotes also the sustainability aspirations of Henkel and Greiner Packaging.
‘We’re proud to be working with Henkel on this innovation. In the push for a circular economy, it is important to us that we keep plastics out of the natural environment and circulating in our economy for as long as possible’, concludes Michael Frick, Global Key Account Director at Greiner Packaging.
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