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Customer Akzo Nobel increases use of PCR in tester pots / Containers blow-moulded using 100% recycled HDPE
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Akzo Nobel (Arnhem / The Netherlands; www.akzonobel.com) has increased its use of post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastics in a range of custom-moulded tester pots manufactured by UK packaging group RPC Containers (Rushden; www.rpc-group.com) for its Cuprinol Garden Shades range.
In a first for RPC, the container is blow moulded in 100% recycled HDPE, while the cap and applicator brush stem are injection-moulded by RPC using 50% recycled PP. RPC plans to increase the amount of recycled material in the cap as the manufacturing process is further refined.
Stuart Beecher, Akzo Nobel’s technical packaging manager, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) said: “The incorporation of PCR into our containers is an important part of our strategy but is also vital that practicality and quality are not compromised in any way.”
The introduction of the tester pots follows RPC’s launch in 2011 of injection-moulded PP paint cans containing 25% PCR for Akzo Nobel’s Dulux Colours range.
In a first for RPC, the container is blow moulded in 100% recycled HDPE, while the cap and applicator brush stem are injection-moulded by RPC using 50% recycled PP. RPC plans to increase the amount of recycled material in the cap as the manufacturing process is further refined.
Stuart Beecher, Akzo Nobel’s technical packaging manager, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) said: “The incorporation of PCR into our containers is an important part of our strategy but is also vital that practicality and quality are not compromised in any way.”
The introduction of the tester pots follows RPC’s launch in 2011 of injection-moulded PP paint cans containing 25% PCR for Akzo Nobel’s Dulux Colours range.
15.05.2013 Plasteurope.com [225317-0]
Published on 15.05.2013