{"id":5153,"date":"2022-08-24T07:25:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/?p=5153"},"modified":"2022-08-24T07:25:14","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T07:25:14","slug":"new-sustainable-alternative-to-shrink-wrap-for-pet-bottle-multipack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/24\/new-sustainable-alternative-to-shrink-wrap-for-pet-bottle-multipack\/","title":{"rendered":"New sustainable alternative to shrink wrap for PET bottle multipack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><u>Challenge<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Customers are acutely aware of issues generated by problem plastic on their water and soft drinks multipacks and want to find a sustainable and easy to implement solution. On the other hand, consumers cannot recycle problem plastic and want brands to propose more sustainable solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Solution Concept Phase<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>DS Smith is collaborating with Krones AG to develop an alternative solution to shrink wrap on PET bottle multipack called the&nbsp;<strong>EcoCarrier.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Features:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A corrugated handle, paper band and the Krones mechanisation system which allows for large PET bottles to be bundled without problem plastic shrink wrap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Benefit<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>EcoCarrier&nbsp;<\/strong>offers substantial benefits in terms of&nbsp;<strong>Carbon footprint up to -71%<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>, recyclability, planet safe, renewable sources, and recycled content.<\/strong>&nbsp;This is a commercially attractive solution, easy to carry and to recycle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The concept has been designed with DS Smith\u2019s Circular Design Metrics in mind and deliver a much-improved solution compared to shrink wrap solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dssmith.com\/contentassets\/b76d8f659a8f46b49d9a75edc0bc5506\/ecocarrier2.jpg\" alt=\"Ecocarrier2.jpg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Challenge Customers are acutely aware of issues generated by problem plastic on their water and soft drinks multipacks and want to find a sustainable and easy to implement solution. On the other hand, consumers cannot recycle problem plastic and want brands to propose more sustainable solutions. Solution Concept Phase DS Smith is collaborating with Krones<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5154,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,71],"tags":[112,189],"class_list":{"0":"post-5153","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news","8":"category-tech-innovation","9":"tag-ds-smith","10":"tag-pet-bottle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5153"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5155,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5153\/revisions\/5155"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpmirror.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}