powerpoint presentation · 2019-05-08 · indistinguishable from virgin material ho oh o o o o •...

Our heritage is polyester…..

Promote environmental credentials of PET Commercialisation of range of films with high rPET content made using LuxCR™ process Explore Bio based PET and PEF

Where it comes from Performance during

life of product End of life

Wide range of Mylar® and Melinex® films covering a wide range of applications from mono PET recyclable packaging structures to technically advanced long life industrial applications

Enable the growth of mono PET packaging solutions Prove recyclability of filmic material Feasibility study into PIR schemes with customers

Circular Economy

Product sustainability

• Initial 2019 launch across wide range of flexible packaging applications • Ongoing trials in non packaging markets

• Targeting up to 50% rPET content

• rPET is sourced from DRS schemes in Northern Europe

• Estimated carbon foot print reduction of 1.4kgs for every 1kg of virgin material displaced

Mylar® and Melinex® rPET films

LuxCR™ chemical depolymerisation

• Unique process depolymerising recycled PET back to BHET

• Upcycles mechanically recycled PET

Benefits of LuxCR™ process

• Depolymerisation reverses the thermal degradation that occurs through multiple mechanical recycling processes

• Mechanical recycling has food contact limitations for some raw material streams and in certain applications

• Recycled BHET (bis(2-hydroxyethylterephthalate) is chemically indistinguishable from virgin material

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• Polyester is the most widely recycled polymer with over 1.33MMtes recycled

• BOPET is widely used in mono PET tray and lid structures where both rigid and flexible packaging is theoretically recyclable together

• Multiple end of life options currently being assessed where PET can be separated and recovered from mixed plastic laminates

• Feasibility studies underway to look to increase the amount of PIR recycling

Recycling BOPET film

Committed to polyester and the circular economy