Hordijk Packaging has taken an important step towards a circular economy by testing chemical recycling of PET material from household PMD waste. With this technique, used PET can be processed into high-quality raw material that can be reused.
Innovative process for clean and safe material
In chemical recycling, PET is dissolved in a liquid. This process removes contaminants and makes the material food-safe. The cleaned PET is then processed into granules suitable for reuse in new products.
Circular tray as a result
With the recycled PET, Hordijk produced a tray made entirely from this raw material and equivalent to the original tray. This shows that chemical recycling can be a valuable complement to mechanical recycling and play an important role in the development of circular packaging.