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Petcore approves component
BarPET/BeerPET has been developed to enhance thermal stability and further improve gas, UV and water vapour barrier properties of PET packaging. The BarPET/BeerPET solution is targeted mainly at products requiring an extended barrier protection from CO2 loss or oxygen ingress such as soft drinks and beer.Bottles made with this material composition have been tested following the Petcore bottle-tobottle
protocol2. The bottle stream tested contained up to 25% of clear, monolayer barrier
bottles based on BarPET/BeerPET.
Petcore’s Expert Evaluation Committee, whose mission is to determine the impact of new
PET containers and additives on the quality of the recovered PET flake for recycling, has
come to the conclusion (taking into consideration local accumulation effects) that Futura’s
BarPET/BeerPET technology for gas barrier enhancement will have no negative impact on
current European PET recycling at levels of up to 10% of the bottle stream.
Petcore recognises the need for innovation. It is also recognised, however, that the
introduction of barrier systems is cumulative in the recycle stream. In the event that the
introduction of a specific new barrier system or too great a concentration of older barrier
materials has an adverse affect on the quality of the resulting RPET (eg colour/haze), Petcore
reserves the right to re-test and re-evaluate its position with regard to technology approval.
