Partnership Secures Future of Up to 30% rHDPE Milk Bottles

Contract will see AWS’ recently expanded Hemswell reprocessing facility provide Nampak with 12,000 tonnes of rHPDE, helping it to achieve its commitment to producing all its UK manufactured HDPE milk bottles with up to 30% recycled content during 2010.

31/10/08 Nampak Plastics Europe announces its largest deal to date for the supply of food grade recycled HDPE from leading plastics reprocessor AWS Eco Plastics Limited.

The contract will see AWS’ recently expanded Hemswell reprocessing facility in Lincolnshire provide Nampak with 12,000 tonnes of rHPDE, helping it to achieve its commitment to producing all its UK manufactured HDPE milk bottles with up to 30% recycled content during 2010.

James Crick, Business Development Director at Nampak Plastics Europe, comments: “This is a landmark partnership for us and for the future of HDPE milk bottles. By providing the necessary rHDPE tonnages for the production of up to 30% recycled content bottles, the contract with AWS will enable Nampak to meet Defra’s Milk Roadmap medium range target for recycled content in milk packaging significantly ahead of time. The positive climate surrounding milk bottle recycling will be strengthened by this partnership announcement, which will also build the green credentials of a product that is a firm consumer favourite.”

AWS is already producing optically sorted, washed HDPE flake at its Hemswell facility which, following a £14 million capital investment programme, is now the largest plastic bottles sorting plant in the UK. As a result of this investment, the plant’s capacity has increased from 25,000 tonnes per annum, equivalent to 500 million plastic bottles, to 100,000 tonnes per annum, equivalent to two billion plastic bottles.