Over 400 million tethered caps have been applied on Coca-Cola bottling lines in Germany, Spain, and the United Kingdom, and the project is expected to expand into other European countries as well.
The milk bottle is from polyethylene terephthalate (PET) resin, which is is lightweight, shatterproof, reclosable, resealable, reusable and recyclable.
Amcor is supporting three industry associations as part of its broad-based effort to build awareness and education within the packaging industry, as well as increase post-consumer resin use and recycling of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and jars throughout North America and LATAM.
Legislation introduced in Michigan would place a new 10¢ deposit on non-carbonated beverages, including water, sports and energy drinks, juices, ready-to-drink iced tea and coffee, wine and liquor, and mixed drinks.
The special wash-off adhesive for labels 62Rpw, which HERMA will be introducing, will allow recycling operators to produce high-purity PET pellets that do not contain any detrimental residues – no remains of paper or film labels, and no residual adhesive.