Neopac launches r-HDPE closure with high recycling rate

        Switzerland-based Neopac, a global supplier of high-quality packaging for the pharmaceutical, beauty and oral care sectors, has launched a first-of-its-kind range of post-consumer recycled r-HDPE closures for a wide range of products in the personal care and beauty markets.

        The new product launch represents the first large-scale range of r-HDPE closures with such a high PCR rate (approximately 70%). Combined with its various sustainable pipelines, the result is the ability to create packaging solutions composed of up to 77% recycled material. The new range will initially include recycled high-density polyethylene (r-HDPE) screw caps with diameters of 19-40 mm, flip-top caps with a diameter of 35 mm, and octagonal caps for sample tubes.

        Each is fully recyclable in existing HDPE streams. Like many of Neopac’s packaging products, the new r-HDPE caps are backed by a range of certifications. They are rated for Post-Consumer Content (PCR), Post-Industrial Recycled (PIR) and International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC+), and can come with food-grade light claims from government agencies such as the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Like Neopac’s other products, r-HDPE caps also help brand owners save on extended producer responsibility (EPR) fees in the market. At Neopac’s Swiss and Hungarian manufacturing plants, the r-HDPE caps are produced using 50% green electricity.

        “As manufacturers continue to move toward a truly circular economy, bottle stoppers have been a significant sustainability barrier,” said Cornelia Schmid, Head of Marketing at Neopac. “Rooted in research and materials science, our new r-HDPE closures, which contain 70% PCR material, represent a substantial step in the right direction, and we look forward to continuing to add to it in the coming months.”