ALPLA, a specialist in packaging and recycling, in collaboration with the mineral water company Privatbrunnen TÖNISSTEINER Sprudel, has successfully developed a reusable PET bottle crafted entirely from recycled materials. This innovative 1-liter bottle, designed for mineral water, not only reduces carbon footprint but also offers logistical advantages due to its lightweight design. It is now readily available at retail locations.

After nearly a year of development, ALPLA and TÖNISSTEINER proudly present a reusable PET bottle constructed entirely from post-consumer recycled materials (except for the closure and label). This 1-liter bottle, a product of global packaging and recycling expertise and Germany's oldest Roman spring, conserves valuable resources during production and significantly lowers carbon emissions. The recycled PET (rPET) used in this groundbreaking packaging solution is produced and supplied by ALPLArecycling. At the end of its lifecycle, the bottle can be entirely recycled.

Georg Pescher, Managing Director of ALPLA Germany, expresses his enthusiasm, stating, "The packaging of the future is sustainable, light, and safe. At ALPLA, we are already committed to a circular economy, focusing on the bottle-to-bottle principle, weight optimization, and systematic design for recycling. Collaborating with TÖNISSTEINER, we have brought all these elements together to create a new reusable solution entirely made from rPET."

Hermann-Josef Hoppe, Managing Director of TÖNISSTEINER, emphasizes the commitment to sustainable resource usage, saying, "TÖNISSTEINER stands for the sustainable use of resources. In ALPLA, we have found an innovative partner for the introduction of our first own reusable rPET bottle. The climate-friendly bottle has been perfectly tailored to our sorting, bottling, and transport processes."

This innovative reusable rPET bottle has been designed to perfectly fit into TÖNISSTEINER's existing twelve-bottle crates, enabling the transport of up to 1,920 more bottles in 160 crates per truckload. The optimized return process of empty TÖNISSTEINER rPET and glass containers in standardized crates expedites the cycle and minimizes the bottle sorting efforts of wholesalers and retailers.

Furthermore, at the end of its lifecycle, the reusable bottle can be transformed into rPET at ALPLArecycling plants, effectively recycling it into new bottles. Laser markings indicate the number of cycles a bottle has undergone, adding a quality control measure during the refilling process. This partnership between TÖNISSTEINER and ALPLA ensures an efficient bottle-to-bottle recycling loop and guarantees a sustainable supply of high-quality reusable rPET bottles.

 

Source: blog.alpla.com

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