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    Multi-layered toothpaste tube can recycle Colgate-Palmolive to solve big problem

    • Last Update: 2022-08-21
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    Colgate-Palmolive will share with its rival the data behind the development of its recyclable toothpaste tubes


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    The move was welcomed by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, whose director of the New Plastics Economy Sander Defruyt commented: "Seeing Colgate's innovation not only replace today's non-recyclable toothpaste tubes, but also expose this solution for the betterment of the world Toothpaste tubes are being recycled everywhere, which is encouraging


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    On November 8, Dr.
    Wang Jun from Colgate-Palmolive introduced the development process of Colgate-Palmolive recyclable toothpaste tubes and how to obtain the recognition of the American Plastics Recycling Association (APR) at the ChinaReplas2019 China International Plastics Recycling Exhibition


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    Dr.
    Jun Wang first introduced several issues that need attention in developing recyclable toothpaste tubes: ▶ Recyclability – suitable for HDPE color bottle recycling stream ▶ Consumer acceptance: comparable/acceptable performance to current packaging ▶ Packaging productivity ▶ supply chain efficiency

    ▶ Cost: Packaging cost and capital investment

    The composition of the toothpaste tube is complex, including the bottle cap, toothpaste tube and other components


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    According to the APR Design® Guidelines for Plastics Recycling, Colgate Palms has improved some of the materials in toothpaste tubes:

    Dr.
    Wang Jun introduced that Colgate-Palmolive began research and development in 2014, combining HDPE laminates of different grades and thicknesses into tubes that meet recycling standards, both to protect the product and to withstand the needs of high-speed production while maintaining extrudability.
    , the entire development process took more than five years


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            Eventually, Colgate-Palmolive developed a recyclable toothpaste tube that was approved by APR


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            Colgate-Palmolive turns toothpaste tubes, a hard-to-recycle material, into a recyclable material, certified by APR


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            A few days ago, the China Waste Plastics Association has reached a cooperation agreement with the American Plastics Recycling Association (APR), and at the same time, together with the European Plastics Recycling Association (PRE), to discuss the feasibility of promoting high-quality plastic recycling and solving plastic pollution


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            In 2020, the first anniversary of China's ban on importing waste plastics, and one year before the official implementation of the Basel Convention amendment, the international situation in the plastic recycling industry is becoming more and more complicated.
    For the 13th time, New Observation organized industry companies to go to the United States to participate in the 2020 American Plastics Recycling Conference, grasp the latest development direction of plastic recycling, and participated in local plastic recycling companies in the United States

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