{"id":9488,"date":"2024-04-09T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcion.com\/?p=9488"},"modified":"2024-05-21T13:45:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T11:45:43","slug":"types-recyclable-plastic-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alcion.com\/en\/types-recyclable-plastic-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Types of recyclable plastic packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Despite all publications against it, plastic packaging remains essential<\/strong> and part of our everyday lives. Wherever you look, you can find it in everything we consume and use. One of the great concerns today is related to packaging and the huge amount that ends up in nature, <\/strong>polluting ecosystems and detaching all kinds of toxic elements that pose a risk to our health. In this sense, recyclability of plastic packaging <\/strong>has emerged as an alternative, to solve part of the environmental problem that human being is generating. How to get recyclable plastic packaging is the challenge that a large part of the industry is facing nowadays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To know how to recycle plastic bottles or other plastic packaging correctly and to achieve greater use of resources, it is key to know the types of recyclable plastic packaging <\/strong>that exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are several types of containers, <\/strong>composed of different materials that are recycled to a greater or lesser extent and that are more or less easy to separate from the other components in the recycling process. Each of the types of recyclable plastic  packaging can be adapted<\/strong> to specific products or sectors.<\/strong>  Many of these sectors, such as industrial, chemical, cosmetic,  dermocosmetic  or agrochemical, are already aware of the need to demand these recyclable plastic packaging to further control their negative effect on nature and meet the expectations that more and more consumers have and that the legislation is imposing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Situation in Spain<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. What types of recyclable plastic packaging are there?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Situation in Spain<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Even though the use of plastic packaging is a globalice practice, according to the February 2024 report by the BBVA Foundation and IVIE, \"Spanich recycling rates are still very low, as only 48% of total waste is recovered, compared to the EU-27 average of 58%. This results in a very modest circular material use rate that has even worsened over time , filing 3,3 percentage points from 10.4% in 2010 to 7.1% in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This means that even by putting all the means to produce recyclable plastic packaging that can be recovered and reused, the way end consumers act and the continuous wrong recycling they carry out means that the effects of plastic packaging can continue to cause negative effects on the environment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    It is not only worth separating what we consume in different containers, you need to know the types <\/strong>of recyclable plastic containers<\/strong> out there to recycle them properly.<\/strong> Many of these containers are mixed with other waste, making it very difficult and even impossible to recover. Others, however, are deposited in erroneous containers, and many plastics that are not considered packaging are left down together with recyclable plastic containers, creating a mixture of materials that make it impossible to get them recycled.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

     <\/strong>The consequence of this chain of erroneous actions is that these mixed materials end up <\/strong>in landfills, incinerated or what is worst polluting <\/strong>or enviroment impossible to be recovered and a<\/strong>ny of these three options remains as harmful to both, health and the environment, as not recycling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    That is why many companies and sectors no longer only demand recyclable plastic packaging for their products, but also greater awareness and training of the population to make correct use of these packaging.<\/strong> Taking certain measures, such as reusing, recycling  properly or producing biodegradable packaging, are some of the solutions that could give way, at least in part, to the problem that Spain has with the recovery of these wastes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    You can read more on the following article:\u00a0 Sustainable ECO packaging, all you need to know about<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    What types of recyclable plastic packaging are there?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Plastic packaginf is made with different materials and different technologies. Recyclable plastic containers are those that to a greater or lesser extent can be recovered and enter into the recycling streams <\/strong>already established, or streams that can be newly <\/strong>established in such a way that end up being used to produce new packaging. <\/strong> Among the materials that can enter mechanical recycling streams we can find the following types:<\/p>\n\n\n\n