Knauf Industries launches two new materials made 100% with recycled plastic. These are R'KAP® and CELOOPS®, which respond to the company's commitment to the circular economy in the design and production of containers and packaging. The new materials arise from the commitment to innovation within a framework of sustainable production: without oil, using renewable sources, solutions monomaterials and therefore 100% recyclable.
R'KAP® It is a circular monomaterial, containing up to 100% recycled plastic. It offers identical benefits to polypropylene (PP) and presents the same technical characteristics, with the difference that it is a much more sustainable product: it avoids the use of fossil raw materials and is composed of between 30 and 100% post-consumer waste. Its sustainability is certified by ISCCPlus (International Certification of Sustainability and Carbon), whose seal is applied worldwide and covers all raw materials that respect the environment.
It is validated for the manufacture of packaging intended for contact with food and meets the quality and protection requirements of thermoformed and fourth-range food containers, as it is sealable and suitable for use in microwaves.
At the aesthetic level, it does not present differences with respect to polypropylene. Containers made with R'KAP® guarantee the same transparency as those made from PP and the same visual appearance. In addition, it is a 100% recyclable material through the polypropylene product collection circuit.
For its part, CELOOPS® is made from recycled plastic waste and has the same characteristics as expanded polystyrene (EPS). It is suitable for contact with food, 100% recyclable, through collection points and the yellow container, through Knauf Circular, the subsidiary of the Knauf group that guarantees the recycling of EPS waste and its recovery in new products.
CELOOPS® is certified by TÜV according to REDcert², which guarantees the origin of the use of plastic waste throughout the production chain until its commercialization. The new sustainable plastic is manufactured in Spain at the Knauf Industries plants in Bilbao y Vilafranca del Penedès (Barcelona), also certified with the REDcert seal.
