Process eliminates water use in RPET cleaning
The
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new recycling process that
eliminates the use of water for cleaning recycled polyethylene terephthalate
(RPET) flake.ECO2 Plastics’process combines a
biosolvent that is FDA-approved for use as a food additive with liquid carbon
dioxide in a closed-loop system that pours nothing down the drain. The FDA
approval allows for RPET cleaned in this manner to be used in food-contact
packaging.
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