Berry Global (www.berryglobal.com) has received a Gold Award for Best Sustainable Tube from the Tube Council North America at the 2017 Tube of the Year Awards on February 6. The award-winning laminated tube for Fetch…for Pets’ licensed Burt’s Bees for dogs Paw and Nose Relieving Lotion is Berry’s first commercialized tube using post-consumer resin (PCR) yielding a max 57 to 62 percent, excluding the closure and depending on tube diameter and length.
The Burt’s Bees tube specifically contains 60 percent PCR, excluding the closure. This was achieved by combining 53 percent PCR in the tube sleeve and 75 percent PCR in the shoulder. This PCR amount allows the tube to meet all the same quality, performance and processing standards as their non-PCR tubes.