Pact launches new food grade recycled plastic for milk bottles
Plastic resin made from recycled milk and juice bottles at a Pact-operated recycling facility in Melbourne has passed rigorous testing for use in food and drink packaging.
The recycled rFresh 100 food-grade natural High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) resin is produced at the Circular Plastics Australia (CPA) recycling plant in Laverton, where plastic milk and juice bottles collected from kerbside recycling bins are sorted, shredded, washed and sanitised before final conversion to a high-quality, food-grade resin.
Shareef Khan, Pact Executive General Manager, Recycling, said milk bottles made with recycled rFresh 100 resin were tested in international facilities and met food safety requirements under US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 21 CFR 177.1520. These food-contact tests included both chemical end tests and sensory assessments.
