Sharpak Lifts the Wraps on a Double Recycle 1st

Sharp Interpack was the first rigid thermoformed packaging company to introduce recycled PET into their family of fresh produce punnets with up to 60% post consumer waste and now the company has introduced the first 100% r-PET fresh produce punnets.

10/12/08 In what is a first Sharp Interpack (Sharpak) has launched a range of polypropylene (PP) poultry and mushroom trays incorporating both PP industrial waste and post consumer recycled high density polyethylene (r-HDPE) from a UK waste stream.

Sharp Interpack was the first rigid thermoformed packaging company to introduce recycled PET into their family of fresh produce punnets with up to 60% post consumer waste and now the company has introduced the first 100% r-PET fresh produce punnets.

Both these launches are good news for the environment as they dramatically reduce the reliance on virgin petro chemicals and with r-APET achieve the company’s zero virgin objective.

The r-PP mushroom range combines a 50% blend of PP industrial waste, r-HDPE and a mineral filler leaving a 50% virgin PP content whilst the poultry trays exclude the mineral filler.