date:Jan 04, 2013
For the first time it will be possible for recyclers to sort black crystalline polyethylene terephthalate (CPET) food packs in mixed plastic waste streams, thanks to a novel development from a Danish packaging manufacturer.
Frch Plast has developed black CPET that can be detected by near infrared (NIR) light technology, which it claims will revolutionise the plastics packaging and recycling industries.
The company developed the new black CPET in conjunction with stakeholders, which included t