‘Greenest ever’ refillable bottle

Plastics packaging firm Petainer has developed what it’s calling its ‘greenest ever’ refillable bottle.

The new bottle is manufactured using more than 25 per cent post-consumer ‘one-way’ recycled PET plastic but has the same performance characteristics as a refillable bottle made entirely from virgin material, according to Petainer.

"This is a very exciting development,” says the firm’s group chief executive Nigel Pritchard. “Refillable bottles are already the beverage packing system with one of the lowest environmental footprints. This massive advance in the use of recycled material makes refillable bottles even more ‘eco-nomic’.

“They are ‘eco-friendly’ because they use up to 90 per cent less virgin material per filling. This performance is improved even further by the introduction of post-consumer recyclate, which means that the bottles now require less energy and other resources to manufacture.

“They are also economic in the traditional sense because the environmental benefits translate into lower costs.”
Petainer is now working with bottled water companies, carbonated drinks producers and brewers across Europe to put its new refillable bottles to good use.