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Plastic Case Recycling and Economy
In addition to the introduction of the Super Returnable bottles, Bavaria has focused on the change of cases to ensure a reduction in the purchase of high density raw polyethylene. Polyethylene is an element that takes between 100 and 1000 years to decompose.
The process to recycle old cases implies that one ton of this material would become one ton of raw material to produce new cases, with a decrease of only 2 to 3%; therefore, the existing polyethylene can be utilized as much as possible. Initially, this process was exclusively carried out with European
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grinding and washing technology; however, national vendors were developed during the project term, who currently obtain the same quality level of the grinded material.
The company installed a glass and polyethylene separation and milling system at each plant, which has allowed grinding and recycling nearly 130 thousand tons of glass and 34 thousand tons of polyethylene from the beginning of the project, thus becoming one of the largest bottle recycling projects ever undertaken by SABMiller. |
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Did you know that glass returnable bottles: |
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Are the most important economy alternative available on the market of beverages, because the cost of the bottle is divided by the number of cycles it goes through. For Bavaria, bottles must go through 44 cycles in the process. |
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Imply economy and less utilization of resources. 44 cycles of a glass bottle replace 44 packing alternatives that generate more contamination or utilization of natural resources. |
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Reduce the generation of waste and contaminating products. They are 100% recyclable at the end of their life cycle. Glass, regardless of its status, may be recycled over and over again, and does not produce any unusable by-product. |
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They are the most environmentally-friendly containers and produce the best economy-environment ratio. |
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