The world of packaging has undergone a huge change in recent years and, especially, the beverage world seemed to be the least willing to support the logic of the use of recycled raw materials

Certainly, since it is a material for food, the steps were deliberately slow and considered, following, on the one hand, the push of consumers who were asking for more sustainability in water and soft drink bottles, but, on the other, the need to ensure that the material of recycled PET had the characteristics certified for food contact.

We can say that teamwork has been achieved between the PET bottle recyclers who have, in fact, refined the collection by introducing the PET mono-plastic channel, the machine manufacturers who have developed treatment systems that allow a "sterilization" of the granule produced and the certification bodies that developed control systems to create guidelines, through which the waste could become a new certified raw material for food.

The Italian consultancy company, Arezio Marco , was involved in a supplier evaluation and distribution project of certified rPET granules for food in South America, providing the customer with support for the correct selection of global suppliers and in the management of functional technical specifications for end customers.

The conveyed material is neutral in colour, in granules, and is suitable for the production of food packaging in which it is necessary to store food and liquids for consumption by the population.

The countries initially interested were Chile and El Salvador which will be a sort of "bridgehead" for future expansion into Latin American countries.

Accredited suppliers have an availability of rPET of constant quality, both in terms of mechanical characteristics, purity and colour.

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