The recycling of packaging plastics to high-quality food-grade resins is an important commercial operation for many businesses that process waste packaging. Product designers, brand owners, converters, and food-packaging fillers are also intensely interested in the reuse of these materials in food-contact applications. This presentation discusses new techniques used to achieve the high level of performance needed for direct food contact for two key packaging materials: PET and HDPE.

The presentation covers key issues in packaging design: What hampers successful recycling of packaging materials? What are the solutions? The economics of the operations are discussed, to foster the attendees’ understanding of the commercial future of recycling of packaging plastics.