German Packaging Award for innovative joint project

Nestlé Germany, DUO PLAST and Der Grüne Punkt have jointly received a German Packaging Award in the category of logistics and material flow

News Bild [Translate to English:] Nahmen von Thomas Reiner, Vorstandsvorsitzender Deutsches Verpackungsinstitut dvi (Mitte), den Deutschen Verpackungspreis entgegen (v. l.): Dirk Willy Haase, Nestlé Deutschland, Thorsten Weber, Der Grüne Punkt, Mika Sang, DUO PLA

Cologne/Nuremberg, September 25, 2024. Nestlé Germany, DUO PLAST and Der Grüne Punkt jointly received the German Packaging Award at the FACHPACK trade fair in Nuremberg. The three companies have developed new stretch hoods that contain up to 20 percent Systalen® LDPE recyclate from the German Yellow Bag or Yellow Bin. This is the first time that post-consumer recyclates (PCR) from household collections have been used in such a sophisticated product.

 

The three partners received a German Packaging Award in the category of logistics and material flow for this innovative product. “I am very proud of this prestigious award because it shows once again how important and fruitful cooperation along the value chain is,” says Andreas Kappel, Head of Business Development at Der Grüne Punkt. “When everyone pulls together, groundbreaking innovations can be developed and brought to market.”

 

“It is worth highlighting that the total share of PCR is 30% and the share of readily available material from the Yellow Bag is 13.2% on average – with the expectation that this will increase,” writes the jury. Nestlé Germany had tested the stretch hood on various product pallets in real-life operations. No quality disadvantage compared to conventional stretch hoods could be determined.

 

There is great potential for the use of recycled materials in stretch hoods, because they are becoming increasingly popular for securing pallets during transportation. Using recycled materials helps protect the climate: every kilogram of Systalen® LDPE that replaces new plastic saves the emission of approximately half a kilogram of climate-damaging greenhouse gases (measured in CO2 equivalents).

 

Caption: Thomas Reiner, Chairman of the Board of the German Packaging Institute (center), handed the German Packaging Award to (from left): Dirk Willy Haase, Nestlé Germany, Thorsten Weber, Der Grüne Punkt, Mika Sang, DUO PLAST, Andreas Kappel, Der Grüne Punkt. (Image: Der Grüne Punkt)

Caption: Thomas Reiner, Chairman of the Board of the German Packaging Institute (center), handed the German Packaging Award to (from left): Dirk Willy Haase, Nestlé Germany, Thorsten Weber, Der Grüne Punkt, Mika Sang, DUO PLAST, Andreas Kappel, Der Grüne Punkt. (Image: Der Grüne Punkt)

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About the GreenDot company:
The GreenDot company is service provider for extended producer responsibility, leading supplier of secondary raw materials for plastics, and premium producer of plastic recyclates, and as such positioned as the premier solution provider for the needs of the circular economy. The Der Grüne Punkt Holding GmbH & Co. KG, with the Green Dot® as its trademark, was among the companies to introduce and establish the dual system in Germany, and stands for intelligent take-back systems, plus the development and marketing of innovative recyclates and services. Systec Plastics, at its facilities in Eisfeld and Hörstel, produces premium-quality recyclates under the Systalen® brand name for the international market. Der Grüne Punkt Holding GmbH & Co. KG belongs to the group of companies Green Dot Global S.à r.l.