Duralite R film packaging made from 50 per cent PCR

Duralite R from Coveris Flexibles Austria is a beverage shrink film (Collation Shrink Film) that was developed to place a high proportion of post-consumer recyclate in the film formulation. 

This film is a COEX blown film, which is a combination of new granulate (LD/LLPE) and 50 per cent PCR, which comes from the mechanical LD ​/LLPE recycling stream.

The solution made from 100 per cent recycled material consists of up to 50 per cent PCR. Optionally, post-industrial recyclate (PIR) can replace the proportion of new granulate. This combination of PCR and PIR or new granulate is optimised to compensate for natural and technical differences between post-consumer recycled material and new granulate. 

The technical parameters of the film are comparable to the standards of conventional beverage shrink films. Transparency and haze/clarity differ only slightly in direct comparison to a highly transparent film (e.g. haze 12-14%). It can be used on customer packaging lines with no relevant difference in output and line parameters. After use, it can be recycled like normal PE beverage shrink film.

With Duralite R, Coveris Flexibles Austria took part in the PackTheFuture Award 2020   in the Ecodesign category.

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