Food contact PCR Recycling 15-01-2022 - Arhive
Food contact PCR Recycling
-Revolution PCR receives OK for food-contact applications
The FDA has issued a letter of no objection for the company’s LLDPE recycling process.
Little Rock, Arkansas-based Revolution has received a letter of no objection (LNO) from the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company’s proprietary recycling method for linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), allowing the postconsumer resin (PCR) to be used in food-contact applications. Revolution’s PCR can be used at content levels up to 100 percent in manufacturing food-contact packaging for all food types under nearly all Conditions of Use as defined by the FDA, according to the company, marking first for the recycling and consumer packaging industries.Food contact PCR Recycling
Revolution has recycling and manufacturing operations throughout the United States, diverting more than 300 million pounds of plastic from landfills annually to process into recycled resin that it uses to manufacture can liners, carryout bags and construction films.
Increased demand for recycled content, driven in part by rising consumer awareness and organizations such as the U.S. Plastics Pact, which has targeted using 30 percent recycled content in plastic packaging by 2025, has created the need for recyclers to meet the quality standards and food-contact requirements set by consumer packaging applications. Revolution says its advancements in flexible film recycling should help bridge this gap by providing the widest possible applications to date for the use of LLDPE PCR in flexible films.
The company says developing a method to produce food-contact quality PCR has been a long-term project through which Revolution leveraged its more than 25 years of flexible film recycling experience. The company has developed new proprietary processes, testing methods and quality control measures to meet the stringent requirements specified by the FDA. Food contact PCR Recycling
- The strategic partnership will combine the complementary strengths and capabilities of both players in the plastics recycling value-chain, starting with Germany Food contact PCR Recycling
- The agreement secures plastic waste from Reclay for Borealis to convert and revalorise in high-quality recyclate materials
- EverMinds™ in Practice: providing circular solutions to meet customer expectations and market demand
Borealis, one of the world’s leading providers of advanced and circular polyolefin solutions and a European market leader in base chemicals and fertilizers, and the Reclay Group, international experts in environmental and material recovery management, announce that they have joined forces to satisfy increasing market demand for the supply of recyclate material for use in high-end plastic applications. This unique partnership will optimise the recycling value chain starting with Germany, one of the largest European recycling markets. The partnership further accelerates the transition to plastics circularity by enabling customers and other value chain partners to meet their own sustainability targets.
New partnership capitalises on strengths of downstream and upstream recycling expertise
The new agreement provides Borealis with access to a secure and steady supply of feedstock in the form of lightweight packaging (LWP) waste collected by Reclay’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme in Germany. The plastic packaging waste is then processed at Borealis’ own state-of-the-art recycling plants, thus extending the range of applications for which recycled plastics can be used. This in turn enables value chain partners, customers, and brand owners to meet recycling quotas and increase the volume of plastic recyclate used in products and applications. Food contact PCR Recycling 
-Revolution PCR receives OK for food-contact applications
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Food contact PCR Recycling