Together with Nestlé Germany and DUO PLAST AG, one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of stretch films and hoods, we have realized an innovative new joint project: Stretch hoods in whose middle layer at least 20% post-consumer recyclate from the Yellow Bag is used for the first time. This is a real milestone in secondary film and transport packaging, as so far only PCR from post-commercial sources has been used in stretch hoods used for transport and load securing throughout the industry.
We are very proud that this innovative product development has been awarded the German Packaging Award 2024 in the Logistics & Material Flow category. This important award for the three project partners also shows once again how important and fruitful cooperation along the value chain is.
Also another joint project of Nestlé Germany & Der Grüne Punkt represents an innovative breakthrough in the recycling of post consumer film waste:
Thanks to technical innovations and intensive teamwork, it has been possible to produce a particularly pure Systalen® LDPE recyclate that can be used in films. This means that PCR film waste from household collection (yellow bag & yellow garbage can) can be used again as film, i.e. film thus becomes film again, packaging becomes packaging again.
While there is an exsting closed loop for rigid plastics from packaging waste, films have so far lagged behind. Recyclates from them came back into use in rather simple products, but mostly not in films.
Therefore also this joint project of Nestlé Germany and Der Grüne Punkt is a milestone for all parties involved.