New technology converts PET waste in food packaging

Unilever has announced a partnership with start-up company Ioniqa (a spin-off from the Eindhoven University of Technology) and the largest global producer of PET resin (Indorama Ventures) to pioneer a new technology which converts PET waste back into ‘virgin’ grade material for use in food packaging.
Ioniqa has developed a proprietary technology that is able to convert any PET waste - including colored packs - back into transparent virgin grade material. The technology is based on adding some chemical steps to mechanical treatment of the PET and has successfully passed its pilot stage. It is now moving towards testing at an industrial scale (Press Release Unilever, 4 April 2018).
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