UK: Trial shows recycling potential for black CPET trays

Under current conditions, black CPET trays are not detected by optical sorters, and end up being sent to landfill and/or energy from waste. Previous WRAP work demonstrated that CPET trays manufactured with an alternative black dye pigment could be identified and recovered by equipment, thereby potentially diverting them from the waste stream. A recent trial aimed to take this test on a wider scale, working with Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and other leading industry organisations to manufacture, distribute and recover detectable black CPET trays through household recycling collections. This project demonstrated that there is potential for closed-loop recycling of black CPET (WRAP website).
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Click here for a case study about the trial (630 kB).
Click here for a technical supplement (203 kB).

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