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November-December 2021 | www.packagingnews.com.au | SUSTAINABILITY
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Pact launches first recycled HDPE milk bottle in NZ
Pact Group is partnering with Goodman Fielder’s Meadow Fresh brand
Ito launch the first recycled HDPE milk bottle in New Zealand. N what is a first for New Zealand because of the white resin.
mainstream high-volume milk, Bernard Duignan, CEO at Goodman Pact is now manufacturing all Fielder New Zealand, called the move Meadow Fresh one and two-litre an important milestone for the busi- fresh milk bottles with 30 per cent ness. He said, “Making it easier for food-grade rHDPE; reducing the consumers to make the right choice 830 tonnes of virgin plastic used for our planet is key to ensuring a
annually by 250 tonnes. better future.
Pact is now manufacturing all Meadow Fresh one and two-litre fresh milk bottles with 30 per cent food-grade rHDPE.
Goodman Fielder on this industry first, Pact Group managing direc- tor and CEO Sanjay Dayal said, “Consumers are increasingly demanding sustainable packag- ing that incorporates high quality, food-grade recycled content. By col- laborating with likeminded partners like Goodman Fielder, we can lead the circular economy together, through sustainable packaging innovation.”
In addition to Meadow Fresh’s launch of a more sustainable bottle, 2021 has already seen Meadow Fresh operated sites switch to using 100 per cent renewable electricity, and the business is also actively partici- pating in EECA’s Energy Transition Accelerator Program to develop road maps to zero emissions at each site. ■
Until now the milk bottles have been manufactured from 100 per cent virgin plastic. The aim is to use 100 per cent recycled HDPE for milk bot- tles by the end of this decade.
According to Pact, the new milk bottles are fully recyclable back into milk bottles, in large part because the white resin from the bottles has been removed. Previous recycling of the milk bottles limited their use to milk crates, building products and the like
We are thrilled to introduce a solution that pro- vides consumers a choice to make a better impact on the planet with Meadow Fresh milk, without impacting their wallets.”
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Martogg is an Australian, privately owned business, who has serviced the Australian and Regional Plastics industry since 1975.
The Martogg Group have been producing and supplying FDA compliant, Food Grade rPET (marPET®) to the ANZ region since 2016 and recently celebrated the installment of their 3rd Vacurema® line taking the Group’s annual conversion capacity of FG rPET to 23,000 tonnes.
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