Klöckner Pentaplast’s tray-to-tray recycled PET (rPET), made in its Spanish facility, has earned the RecyClass Traceability accreditation.
As a significant milestone in their Tray2Tray program, which was started four years ago, Klöckner Pentaplast launched the first food packaging trays made from closed-loop recycled rPET on July 16, 2024. The company’s rPET trays, produced at their Pravia plant in Spain, were also certified as the first closed-loop RecyClass Traceability. rPET Polymer.
Samuel Pardo, Senior Innovation Manager at kp, stated, “Achieving the RecyClass closed-loop traceability certification is a significant milestone for Klöckner Pentaplast and the Tray2Tray program.” Only 3 percent of our post-consumer recycled material originated from Tray2Tray when we started this effort in 2020. This percentage increased to 9.1% by 2022 and then to 11.4% in 2023, which translates to more than 900 million post-consumer containers that were collected and reused.
Klöckner Pentaplast, owned by Strategic Value Partners (SVP), is a private equity firm that specializes in producing rigid and flexible packaging as well as specialty films. The company employs 5,600 individuals in 60 different locations and runs 30 plants in 18 countries.
This accreditation highlights the success and expansion of Klöckner Pentaplast and the company’s dedication to sustainability and innovation.
