The Technical Committee of the Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP) of PETCORE Europe has officially endorsed the use of Akestra™ 100 and Akestra™ 110, products manufactured by Perstorp, for production of heat resistant PET trays. In addition, the committee has recognized that the use of Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 does not have a negative impact on current PET recycling streams in Europe.
La Tray Circularity Evaluation Platform (TCEP) is a voluntary European industry initiative that provides design guidelines for PET thermoforms for recycling, evaluates thermoforms packaging solutions and technologies, and facilitates understanding of the effects of new PET thermoforms innovations on the recycling process. The TCEP initiative fully supports the economic and environmental sustainability of the European PET value chain.
Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 are high performance products that allow customers to enhance recycled PET by adding heat resistance capabilities and also achieve sustainability goals by increasing recycled material content and enabling circular design. With this endorsement, Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 are set to enable circular packaging solutions with high post-consumer content (high PCR) and to be recyclable in existing tray-to-tray recycling streams. Thus, Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 are confirmed in Europe as a replacement for traditional linear containers based on fossils, made of polystyrene or polypropylene.
“We are delighted to receive this endorsement from PETCORE Europe. Helping our food value chain partners engineer improved circularity in food packaging has been a missing piece of the puzzle. Akestra 100 and Akestra 110 can help close the loop for hot materials. fill out applications to enable circular packaging solutions and massive savings in fossil feedstock and CO2 emissions over time. This is a true example of our long-term vision and mission," he says. patrice pinsard, Executive Vice President of Strategic Markets and Innovation at Perstorp.
