DuPont
Teijin Films announced the launch of its new Mylar Harvest Fresh rPET range of
heat sealable polyester films with up to 50% post-consumer recycled rPET
content. As the world's largest supplier of "top seal" polyester
lidding films, DuPont Teijin Films combines the unique heat seal properties of
the Mylar Harvest Fresh range of films with base film made from food contact
approved rPET polymer.
The
Mylar Harvest Fresh range of films delivers the waste and cost reduction
benefits of top seal lidding with the additional bonus of a lower carbon
footprint product, giving retailers the ability to promote a clear and
consistent sustainability message with post-consumer recycled content in both
tray and lid.
DuPont
Teijin Films has worked closely with a world-leading supplier of rPET
polymer,sourcing the raw material solely from one-way bottle deposit return
schemes from Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark. The bottles are
subjected to several stages of sorting and washing before going through the
final patented URRC cleaning process.
As
well as proving a viable end use market for recycled polymer,the Mylar Harvest
Fresh rPET range also delivers a carbon footprint saving which has been
estimated by third party audit to be approximately 1.4 kilograms less CO2
emissions for every kilogram of virgin material replaced by recycled content. The
Mylar Harvest Fresh rPET range is available with the full range of DuPont
Teijin Films' heat seal chemistries delivering all the benefits expected of
Mylar® lidding films such as low temperature seals, class leading anti-fog
performance and the ability to seal to a wide range of material including rPET
and pulp punnets.
DuPont Teijin Films, a
joint venture between DuPont and Teijin Limited, is the world's premier
producer of polyester films and related services for Healthcare, Alternative
Energy, Durable Media, Electronics, Specialist Packaging, Electrical Insulation
and Capacitors Industries and many more. Only DuPont Teijin Films manufactures
Mylar and Melinex brand films.
