The recyclate initiative of three companies has been honoured with this year's „WorldStar Packaging Award“ in the „Household“ category. The award recognises the development of bottles made from 100 percent HDPE recyclate, which was initiated by „Werner & Metz“, manufacturer of various cleaning products, the bottle manufacturer „Alpla-Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG“ and Der Grüne Punkt. The award ceremony will take place on 2 May 2018 at the AIP National Conference in Australia.
The award-winning companies have developed a process that uses raw materials from the „Yellow bag“ high-quality bottles are produced. In its award citation, the jury expressly emphasised the retention of the familiar appearance as well as the Quality of the bottles without restriction of the Product safety compared to bottles made from crude oil. „Werner & Metz“ already uses these bottles as standard for its „emsal Bodenpflege Parkett“ product and is endeavouring to convert all PE packaging to recycled quality.
This year's World Star Packaging Award honoured 200 entries in twelve categories. The Recyclate initiative had already received the German Packaging Award.
