{"id":9425,"date":"2025-09-24T05:52:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=9425"},"modified":"2025-09-24T05:52:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T09:52:09","slug":"prevented-ocean-plastic-unveils-food-safe-recycled-polypropylene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.packagingindustrynews.com\/?p=9425","title":{"rendered":"Prevented Ocean Plastic unveils food-safe recycled polypropylene\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The materials are collected from facilities including the newly established East Borneo centre. Credit: Prevented Ocean Plastic. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

Prevented Ocean Plastic, in collaboration with industry partners, has unveiled the first food-safe recycled polypropylene (PP) that meets European food safety standards.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

Polypropylene is widely used in packaging such as trays, bottles, caps, cups and flexible films.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Despite its prevalence, global post-consumer recycling rates for the material remain around 1%.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is also identified as the second most common form of plastic polluting marine environments.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This initiative could prevent 500 million PP cups from reaching the ocean during its first year of operation \u2013 enough to circle the Earth more than once.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The materials are collected from facilities including the newly established East Borneo centre, which opened in 2024 as part of a partnership between Danone and Prevented Ocean Plastic.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Companies involved in the project include Bantam Materials UK, Circulate Capital, Innovia Films, a division of CCL Industries, Spectra Packaging, PETMAN, Starlinger Viscotec and Danone-supported Prevented Ocean Plastic collection efforts in Indonesia.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

The collected PP is processed into food-safe recycled PP (rPP) by PETMAN using Starlinger Viscotec technology, with Bantam Materials UK supplying the rPP to offtakers such as Innovia and Spectra.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Innovia Films recycling and sustainability technology expert Neil Hudson stated: \u201cFor Innovia, a source of EU food contact-approved polypropylene (PP) from a mechanically recovered post-consumer source is a game changer.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can now make films for label and flexible packaging in the food and beverage space and contribute to circularity and sustainability.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since October 2024, Prevented Ocean Plastic has implemented a scaleable franchise model for collection, backed by Danone Aqua.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

This model is designed to be replicated in vulnerable coastal communities, enhancing plastic collection capacity and contributing to pollution reduction.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prevented Ocean Plastic founder Raffi Schieir said: \u201cThis world-first is a monumental moment for ocean plastic prevention.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cThis further proves that the Prevented Ocean Plastic franchise model can solve major plastic collection problems at scale and with dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n

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