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LINPAC Packaging Pots, Tubs & Trays Sector

LINPAC Packaging Pots, Tubs & Trays Sector. David Eggleston. Pots, Tubs & Trays need to be recycled to hit 2017 Targets. Places unnatural constraints on Innovation through implication that recycling is the only answer Anything that anything that assists recycling must also be “de facto” good

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LINPAC Packaging Pots, Tubs & Trays Sector

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  1. LINPAC PackagingPots, Tubs & Trays Sector David Eggleston

  2. Pots, Tubs & Trays need to be recycled to hit 2017 Targets • Places unnatural constraints on Innovation through implication that recycling is the only answer • Anything that anything that assists recycling must also be “de facto” good • Ignores the environmental role that food packaging plays in food waste reduction - concentrates on its situation post-use only • Potentially forces our industry to react to a challenge between very difficult and impossible; consumes unnecessary time and resource; to no real end

  3. Practical difficulties • Lack of consistent collection infrastructure available today - dependent on LAs and WM Cos themselves constrained by pre-existing contracts • Time frame to implement engineering solutions barely enough given immediate decisions • Potential road-blocks in secondary applications • Unsuitable for food use and other cosmetic (Beauty and health applications) as • Feedstock too mixed & cannot be sure of its food-use origin – maybe garden chemicals etc • Possible use of recyclate in first use; maybe behind a “functional barrier” • Apart from PET, most commodity plastics absorb significant contamination • Effect of inks, dyes etc

  4. Two Routes for Carbon Mitigation Recycling • Popular with consumers • Restricting Material Choice • Favours Heavier Formats • Stifles Innovation Innovation • Foamed Solutions • Use of mineral Fillers • Complex Multi-layer Structures • New Materials • New Formats

  5. What has already been done • Significant enhancement to performance of packaging; weight, shelf life, barrier, added functionalities • Success in bottle recovery recycling rates • Designing for recycling where practicable to do so • Driving use of recyclate like rPET where suitability for food-use can be guaranteed • Huge investment in super-cleaning technologies in major converters • Development of IR sortable black trays to avoid them becoming discards • New Technology development - LINPAC’s patented Elite Solution

  6. Industry Innovation Meeting Waste Directive Challenge Super-Lightweight mono material protein trays utilising a specially formulated sealing material to replace the laminated base film. The PATENT for this has been granted in the U.K., 2478028. Super lightweight mono material rPET tray designed using LIFE® principles Proprietary sealing material applied to flange for top sealing of complementary lidding films

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