CUTTING PET FOOTPRINT DOWN TO SIZE

摘要

If reducing packaging weight is the essence of packaging sus-tainability, then Amcor Rigid Plastics must be the heavyweight champion in 'light-weighting' of the PET (polyethylene tereph-thalate) plastic bottles commonly used by beverage producers. Earlier this year, the Manchester, Mich.-based plastic container manufacturer capped off an intensive R&D effort to launch a stock 64-ounce container that weighs nine grams (13.2 per cent) less than the typical 68-gram PET bottles used to package juices, iced-teas and other hot-fill beverages.