{"id":21669,"date":"2019-03-12T11:22:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T10:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=21669"},"modified":"2020-07-31T14:01:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T12:01:17","slug":"werner-und-mertz-wc-fresh-flushers-from-pet-bowls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/werner-und-mertz-wc-frische-spueler-aus-pet-schalen\/","title":{"rendered":"PET trays from the Yellow Bag become new WC fresheners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The baskets of the \u201eFrosch\u201c brand WC fresheners will soon be made of recycled plastic material that comes directly from the Yellow Bag. That is the goal of a cooperation project as part of the Werner &amp; Mertz Recyclate Initiative.<\/p>\n<p>Already now <strong>Werner &amp; Mertz<\/strong> the brackets for the <strong>WC freshener<\/strong> made from recycled plastic. This is made from <strong>PET bottles<\/strong> are produced, according to the cleaning agent manufacturer. However, the aim is to recycle more used plastic from the household collection in the Yellow Bag.<\/p>\n<h2>Cooperation project for better utilisation of yellow bag waste<\/h2>\n<p>In order to come closer to this goal, a <strong>Co-operation project<\/strong> with Der Gr\u00fcne Punkt and its sister companies <strong>Dannemann<\/strong> Global Extrusion and <strong>Bernese<\/strong> plastics technology. The aim: in future, the WC freshness baskets are to be made from recycled <strong>PET trays from the Yellow Bag<\/strong> can be produced.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-75045752\"><div id=\"packa-973674426\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Trays from <strong>PET film<\/strong> are mainly used for packaging foodstuffs. In the <strong>Yellow bag<\/strong> many of these PET trays can be found. However, they have mostly been incinerated up to now. Recycling them is considered problematic because they are often <strong>Multilayer packaging<\/strong> is not a problem. Furthermore, there are hardly any buyers for the resulting secondary raw materials.<\/p>\n<h2>Food PET trays are sorted by type<\/h2>\n<p>The prerequisite for being able to recycle the PET trays is a <strong>Changing the sorting process<\/strong> with the Green Dot. Previously, monolayer PET packaging was not separated from multilayer packaging. Everything went into the incinerator together. Now the different types of packaging are sorted separately and fully automatically. This provides the waste recyclers with a certain amount of high-quality PET trays. These trays are then recycled into <strong>Flakes<\/strong> processed and sorted.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201eTogether with Werner &amp; Mertz, we have once again succeeded in closing the loop for a recyclable material that was previously unavailable for recycling.\u201c<br \/>\n<strong>Dr Markus Helftewes<\/strong>, Managing Director Der Gr\u00fcne Punkt<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Dannemann Global Extrusion then produces the raw film directly from the flakes, from which Berner Kunststofftechnik then moulds the toilet bowls. This not only consists of PET trays, but also falls into this category itself and is fully recyclable after use. In a further <strong>Waste sorting<\/strong> there would be a chance that the used toilet bowls could be reprocessed into flakes from which new toilet bowls could be made.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The baskets of the \u201eFrosch\u201c brand WC fresheners will soon be made of recycled plastic material that comes directly from the Yellow Bag. 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