{"id":52717,"date":"2021-11-26T10:33:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-26T09:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=52717"},"modified":"2021-11-26T10:33:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T09:33:31","slug":"dm-recycling-co2-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/dm-recycling-co2-kunststoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Packaging made from recycled CO\u2082 at dm"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The drugstore chain dm is producing packaging made from recycled CO\u2082: Denkmit \u201enature Sp\u00fclmittel Ultra\u201c is the first product in a plastic bottle (without cap and label) with 30 per cent plastic made from recycled CO\u2082. Other Denkmit brand products will follow in the coming weeks.
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LanzaTech, a partner company of the Drugstore chain<\/a>has a biochemical technology<\/a> developed, to produce ethanol from CO\u2082<\/strong>. This in turn can be used directly as an ingredient in products, such as the \u201ePro Climate\u201c Denkmit washing-up liquid concentrate, or as a sustainable raw material for plastic packaging. \u201eThe CO\u2082 is discharged directly from the chimney of an industrial plant into a bioreactor. In the bioreactor, the CO\u2082 is converted into ethanol with the help of bacteria<\/strong> - currently unique in the world on an industrial scale,\u201c explains Kerstin Erbe, dm Managing Director responsible for Product Management. \u201edm is one of the first to utilise this pioneering technology to manufacture products: it helps to protect the climate and obtain raw materials in alternative ways.\u201c<\/p>

The advantage of this more sustainable plastic production: Recycling CO\u2082 reduces emissions because the gas is not released into the atmosphere.<\/strong> According to a study by Swiss Carbotech AG, the ecological footprint of this sustainable production of ethanol is 40 per cent lower. The plastic produced in this way can be placed in the Yellow Bag or Yellow Bin and recycled in the same way as conventional plastic.<\/strong><\/p>

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This pioneering CO\u2082 conversion technology was developed recently with the German Packaging Award 2021<\/a> and the Gold Award for particularly pioneering innovations<\/strong> around the packaging.<\/p>

Source<\/em>: dm<\/a><\/p>