Why marPET®?
Plastic pollution is a global problem. While stockpiles of plastic packaging waste keep growing, a valuable resource continues to find its way into our precious environment.
Attitudes are changing. Consumers want environmentally responsible packaging and marPET® is helping make PET become a truly circular packaging material.
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One ton of recycled plastic saves 5,774 Kwh of energy, 16.3 barrels of oil, 98 million BTU's of energy, and 30 cubic yards of landfill space. (Findings from EPA WARM)
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rPET results in 79% lower carbon dioxide emissions over the materials entire life cycle when compared to virgin PET. (Findings from Denkstatt GmbH – a wholly owned subsidiary of ALPLA based in Wöllersdorf/Lower Austria)