Going green: These packaging innovations receive special awards from WPO
Jun 20, 2022
Category: SPECIAL AWARD - Sustainability (Gold Award)
Product: rPET school milk cup
Parties: PET-MAN, Starlinger viscotec, Greiner Packaging, Schulmilchbauern Oberösterreich
Recycling technology producer Starlinger viscotec, sheet producer PET-MAN, packaging producer Greiner Packaging and Austrian school milk producers established a closed recycling loop for yoghurt cups.
They are made from 100% post-consumer recycled material (rPET), are mono-material and unprinted, thus fully recyclable.
Product: rPET school milk cup
Parties: PET-MAN, Starlinger viscotec, Greiner Packaging, Schulmilchbauern Oberösterreich
Recycling technology producer Starlinger viscotec, sheet producer PET-MAN, packaging producer Greiner Packaging and Austrian school milk producers established a closed recycling loop for yoghurt cups.
They are made from 100% post-consumer recycled material (rPET), are mono-material and unprinted, thus fully recyclable.
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