Post-Consumer
Recycled (PCR) materials are mainly sourced from household packaging waste. The
production of PCR plastics starts with sorting, cleaning and grinding. This
granulate is then used to generate new pails. Giving packaging a second life,
this process reduces the amount of plastic waste.
SCHÖNOX started
adopting PCR plastic as new packaging solution for the pails. Look and feel of
the new PCR pails will remain the same. PCR materials have traditionally been
limited to grey colours. Equally important, the material retains the mechanical
characteristics necessary to ensure optimum performance. The products (for
e.g., SCHÖNOX EMICLASSIC, SCHÖNOX SHP and SCHÖNOX HA PRO) are labelled with a
new pictogram, made from “75% PCR”, post-consumer recycled material. Reprocessing of
existing plastic reduces the consumption of fossil resources and the carbon
footprint of the packaging. In fact, there a CO2 saving potential of
36% per pail compared with traditional production methods. We are working to
driving the change needed to replace all of our plastic packing to PCR plastic
packaging.
