GREEN IS THE “CLEAR” SOLUTION

As one of the largest manufacturers of recycled PET (rPET) in the world and the leading merchant supplier of rPET resin in North America, we at Phoenix Technologies certainly understand the value of recycled post-consumer PET for the environment as well as our clients’ bottom lines. But what exactly is PET? And why is it so valuable?

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET for short) is a clear polymer that is used to manufacture strong, lightweight containers and packaging. A key advantage of PET is that it is 100% recyclable, and it can be recycled numerous times. In addition, because of its superb physical properties, it can be used to manufacture very light weight containers which minimizes the use of natural resources in their manufacture. Through our continual focus on process and product development, we’re able to develop a cost-effective, high performing Recycled PET (rPET) that provides our customers with a sustainable resource that helps them to meet regulatory mandates for both food and non-food applications. For brand owners, bottle manufacturers and consumers alike, rPET is the clear choice for a variety of environmentally sound packaging solutions.

SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES, ATTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
By creating clean, consistent and high-grade recycled PET to our customers, Phoenix Technologies creates a sustainable product that is easily attainable to a variety of brand owners in a myriad of industries, from soft drinks to detergents to shampoos and soaps.

Using patented technology, we’re able to pelletize and crystallize recycled post consumer PET for direct sale and reuse back in to consumer packaging applications. Through our state-of-the-art processes and quality assurance standards we’re able to develop recycled PET that can be blended with virgin resin and actually mimic the virgin appearance and performance.

Plus, rPET requires less energy to manufacture per pound than that of a pound of virgin PET, so you are able to help reduce the environmental footprint of your customer’s packaging requirements. The overall result is a sustainable, cost-effective, high performing solution that many of our brand customers use as a 100% replacement for virgin, without compromising their manufacturing efficiencies or product performance standards.

IMPLEMENTING INNOVATION, MAXIMIZING VALUE
Your customers have exacting standards that you need to meet in every package solution you deliver. Luckily, Phoenix Technologies standards are just as demanding. Whether its our food-grade LNO™ brand resin – the highest quality rPET resin for food grade applications – or our bottle-grade NLP™ resin, both are made from 100% post-consumer recycled feedstocks.

Using a proprietary process developed at Phoenix in conjunction with its sister company, Plastic Technologies, Inc. (PTI), we’re able to pelletize and crystallize recycled post-consumer PET for direct sale and reuse back in to consumer packaging applications. Always at the forefront of recycling innovation, our patented fine mesh filtration process enables us to produce rPET that processes like virgin PET but requires less energy to manufacture. And since it runs like virgin, no special process changes are needed to be made to use our rPET. Plus, through our state-of-the-art materials separation and elutriation services, we can take your scrap regrind, re-melt and re-form it into pellets that can be reintroduced into your bottle-making process.

With advanced technology, innovative quality processes, cost-saving tolling services, and first-rate support, Phoenix Technologies can exceed your expectations – and maximize your profits.

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PET Properties