Drums and pails made of recycled plastic
Marc Martens
Reducing the use of virgin plastic can help lower the environmental impact of your packaging, but only if performance, safety and application requirements continue to be met. CurTec Wide Neck Drums and Click Pack pails made with recycled HDPE give customers an additional option for making their packaging flows more circular.
These UN-certified packaging products contain between 50 and 70 percent mechanically recycled HDPE sourced from industrial and consumer plastic waste streams, such as vegetable crates and shampoo bottles.
They provide customers with an alternative to virgin HDPE packaging for applications where recycled material is suitable. With the exception of food-contact suitability, they are designed to deliver the high-performance packaging characteristics customers expect from CurTec.
CurTec products are PPWR-ready
Choosing the right packaging material depends on more than recycled content alone. Product requirements, regulatory expectations, handling processes, reuse opportunities and supply-chain conditions all play a role. CurTec helps customers evaluate these factors and select a packaging solution that balances performance with sustainability objectives.
Sustainable packaging
CurTec’s sustainability vision includes commitments across several areas, in particular:
- Climate: Achieve a net-zero value chain by 2050
- Circularity: Replace fossil-based virgin inflow with more sustainable alternatives
- Partnerships: Work with our partners towards a circular packaging industry
Using recycled HDPE helps support these commitments by reducing dependence on fossil-based virgin plastic and keeping existing plastic materials in circulation.
How plastic becomes packaging again
Post-industrial and post-consumer plastic products can be collected, cleaned and processed into recycled granulate. CurTec uses this mechanically recycled HDPE to manufacture high-quality UN-certified packaging.
Mechanical recycling keeps plastic materials in circulation and reduces the need for new fossil-based raw materials.
Why use recycled plastic?
Recycled plastics generally have a lower climate impact because:
- Fewer fossil resources are required for their production
- Recycling existing plastic waste can generate lower carbon emissions than producing new raw materials
- Recycling keeps plastic materials in circulation and helps reduce plastic waste
Increasing the use of recycled materials is an important part of creating a more circular plastics economy. Greater demand for recycled HDPE also helps create valuable applications for existing plastic waste streams.
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Recycle and… reuse
Increasing recycled content is one way to reduce the use of virgin plastic, but it is not the only one. Extending the useful life of packaging through reuse can also contribute to more circular material flows.
CurTec drums, pails and jars are designed for durability and can be suitable for multiple use where the product, process and regulatory requirements allow it. The most sustainable choice therefore depends on the application: using recycled material, reusing packaging, reducing material use—or combining these approaches.
CurTec works with customers to understand their packaging flows and identify opportunities to reduce environmental impact without compromising the protection and handling of critical materials.
