World’s first PP flexible food packing uses 30% PCR plastic
In December, premium-brand instant noodle packaging made with 30% certified post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic content launched in major retail outlets in Malaysia. This company collaborated with Scientex in the packaging value chain to enable the manufacturer to develop material for the world’s first flexible food packaging based on advanced recycled ocean-bound plastic (OBP), using certified circular polypropylene (PP). The material is being used in packaging for a premium brand of noodles sold in Malaysia. The OBP used in the project is recovered and converted to pyrolysis oil in an advanced recycling process. This company uses this oil as an alternative feedstock to produce certified circular PP polymer for further processing to biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film. Scientex then manufactures and prints the noodle packs from this film. The entire chain from the management of the collected OBP to the final packaging is seamlessly accredited under established certification regimes. — SABIC, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia