Wrap aims to improve HDPE milk bottle recycling

Simeon Goldstein, packagingnews.co.uk, 19 August 2008

 

The Waste and Resources Action Programme is looking to improve the recycling of HDPE milk bottles by supporting the production of non-contaminant labels, inks and adhesives.

 

Wrap is inviting tenders from firms to develop a cost-effective system that it wants at least 50% of milk industry bottle capacity to be using by 2011.

 

Paul Davidson, Wrap's plastics sector manager, said: "A successful system will not only improve the quality of recycled polymer, but it will also enable new milk bottles to be manufacturered with a higher recycled content in closed-loop systems."

 

Wrap's project will include an evaluation of economic and environmental viability followed by large-scale trials of the developed system.