{"id":63205,"date":"2022-06-01T10:16:55","date_gmt":"2022-06-01T08:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=63205"},"modified":"2022-06-01T10:16:55","modified_gmt":"2022-06-01T08:16:55","slug":"weener-plastics-closures-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/weener-plastics-verschluesse-nachhaltigkeit\/","title":{"rendered":"More sustainable with the right packaging solution"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Many plastic bottles and tubes for cosmetics, personal care or food are already made of monomaterial. However, if the dispensing cap is made of a different material to the bottles and tubes, this has an impact on recyclability. Plastic packaging manufacturer Weener Plastics now has closure solutions in its portfolio that can be recycled together with the container in the same waste stream.<\/strong><\/p>

Originally founded in Weener in East Frisia, the The company<\/a> is now headquartered in the Netherlands and designs, develops and manufactures Lids and closures, bottles, jars and roll-on solutions for the personal care, food, health and household care markets.<\/strong> One of the main activities is the development and production of dosing closures.<\/p>

Sustainability is a key component of the corporate strategy, explains CEO Adrian Whitfield. \"Innovative technologies, low-carbon materials and intelligent product designs are key factors in our approach to minimising our environmental impact.\" Recently, for example, the development team developed the first 100 per cent recyclable valve for dosing closures<\/strong>. \"We were the first to launch a 100 per cent recyclable valve with outstanding performance and versatility,\" says Whitfield. All he reveals about the material formulation is that it is a specially developed material that can be recycled in the polyolefin waste streams<\/strong> - regardless of the bottle material.<\/p>

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The new valve is intended to replace conventional, non-recyclable silicone valves. It is automatically installed in a dosing cap and is suitable for a wide range of applications from ketchup and mayonnaise to bath and shower gel. It even performs well when dosing oily or fatty formulations such as olive oil. The dispensing behaviour can be adjusted as required. The new valve fits into all existing MaxiDose closures from Weener Plastics and is also suitable for customised products.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Weener Plastics is also one of the first companies to use polyethylene (PE) material for closure solutions for tubes. The new solution called CosmoTops PE was presented at the last Cosmetic Business in Munich and is currently being launched on the market.<\/strong> PE is an alternative to the polypropylene previously used as a closure material and, in combination with HDPE tubes, enables a fully recyclable mono-material packaging solution. In addition to the PE virgin material, customers can also choose closures made from chemically recycled and bio-based PE, both of which are ISCC-certified. All PE closures for tubes from Weener Plastics fulfil strict quality requirements, even the critical Environmental Stress Crack Resistance (ESCR) test<\/strong>and have been specially developed for the body care and cosmetics market, for example for body creams, shampoos, bath and shower gels.<\/p>