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(petainer)
-- Petainer has developed its 'greenest ever' refillable bottle – further
improving the sustainability of what is already one of the most
environmentallyfriendly forms of beverage packaging.
The new bottle is
manufactured using more than 25 per cent post-consumer 'one-way' recycled PET
PolyEthylene Terephthalate plastic but has the same performance
characteristics as a refillable bottle made entirely from virgin material.
Nigel Pritchard, group chief executive of Petainer, said: “This is a
very exciting development. Refillable bottles are already the beverage packing
system with one of the lowest environmental footprints. This massive advance in
the use of recycled material makes refillable bottles even more economic.
"They are 'eco-friendly' because they use up to 90 per cent less virgin
material per filling. This performance is improved even further by the
introduction of post-consumer recyclate which means that the bottles now require
less energy and other resources to manufacture. They are also economic in the
traditional sense because the environmental benefits translate into lower costs.
As the cost of PET resins inexorably increases, the economics of refillable
bottles using recycled material become even more compelling.
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