Recycle

THE VERTICAL INTEGRATION OF R-PET: A CLOSED-LOOP RECYCLING MODEL

T2T R-PET® (an acronym for “Tray to Tray” recycled PET) refers to the model developed by ILPA Group for the recycling of post-consumer PET food trays and punnets and their reuse in the production of new R-PET containers intended for food contact applications.

This closed-loop recycling model is based on the vertical integration of the R-PET supply chain within ILPA Group and on the use of recycled PET obtained also from the recovery of post-consumer food packaging.

The R-PET packaging produced by ILIP uses recycled PET derived both from bottle recycling and from the recycling of post-consumer PET trays and punnets.

ILPA Group and the closed cycle of R-PET

The ILPA Group, of which ILIP is a part, is at the forefront of sustainability and circular economy thanks to its closed loop. ILPA has an advanced recycling plant at AMP Recycling in Ferrara, Italy, EuCertPlast and EuCertPlast Food certified, where post-consumer PET bottles and food containers are processed through mechanical recycling, obtaining flakes of secondary raw material according to the principles of the circular economy.
The decontamination process, authorised by EFSA, allows to produce R-PET Food Grade, suitable for direct contact with food.

With an annual recycling capacity of 60,000 tonnes of PET, ILIP and the ILPA Group companies contribute to:

  • reduce the environmental impact of the products they recycle and those they produce
  • to the development of the circular economy for food packaging
  • achieve Italian and European plastic packaging recycling targets

Watch the video on ILPA GROUP recycling ILPA Circula Economy

COREPLA

Watch the video by Corepla (National Consortium for the Collection, Recycling and Recovery of Plastic Packaging) on ​​closed loop “tray to tray” recycling.