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Long Distance Food Packaging Bag Eliminates Metal to Facilitate Recycling

ous polyethylenes. From a recycling
perspective, this makes it effectively
a monomaterial packaging that can be
fully recycled in a PE recycling stream.
It supports logistical transport accord-
ing to the internal lab test distances of
up to 8,000 km (4,971 miles), wheth-
er by sea, land or air, compared with
other bags that allow only 2,000 km
(1243 miles).
ran Group's Premium Flex 2.0 cessor product, Aran Group is plan- Traditional solutions for preventing
Aeliminates metalized layer while ning to launch, in the beginning of flex cracks require additional materi-
preventing cracking. 2024, the Premium Flex 2.0, a fully als and packaging operations to fill the
recyclable solution for long-distance empty space in the barrels. However,
Aran Group announced the launch
of the second-generation Bag-In-Box transportation of liquid foods. those solutions do not completely
(BIB) Premium Flex 2.0, the successor Aran announced a solution for long solve the problem. Moreover, the
to the Premium Flex BIB. distance transport of liquid food extra packaging materials, such as
foamed PS, carry other disadvantages.
In early 2021, Aran Group introduced items, relying on a layer of EVOH
Premium Flex BIB, engineered to with no metal layer. Photo Credit: Premium Flex 2.0 addresses this chal-
prevent flex crack, an issue frequently Aran Group lenge, eliminating the need for extra
encountered in long-distance liquid The most significant innovation in the packaging and reducing waste. Weigh-
food transportation. By preventing Premium Flex 2.0 is the elimination ing less than 500 grams per 220-liter
cracking, the product enabled much of metalized layers. This high barrier bag and composed of four distinct lay-
greater logistical distances, according packaging solution relies solely on a ers, Premium Flex 2.0 offers a com-
to the company. thin layer of ethylene vinyl alcohol position that ensures flexibility and
(EVOH) for the barrier, less than 5%, durability for the entire package.
Building on the success of this prede-
with other layers composed of vari-

LyondellBasell to Build Industrial-scale Advanced Recycling Plant in Germany

LyondellBasell announced it has made ity of 50,000 tonnes per year and is volumes of plastic waste back into
the final investment decision to build designed to recycle the amount of the value chain. By doing this, we will
the company's first industrial-scale plastic packaging waste generated have the ability to produce more ma-
catalytic advanced recycling demon- by over 1.2 million German citizens terials for high-quality applications,
stration plant at its Wesseling, Germa- per year. Construction is planned to retaining value of plastics for as long
ny, site. Using LyondellBasell's propri- be completed by the end of 2025. as possible."
etary MoReTec technology, this plant "We are committed to addressing The LYB MoReTec demonstration
will be the first commercial scale, sin- the global challenge of plastic waste plant will close the gap for difficult to
gle-train advanced recycling plant to and advancing a circular economy, recycle plastics, such as mixed or flex-
convert post-consumer plastic waste and today's announcement is another ible materials that are currently sent
into feedstock for production of new meaningful step in that direction," says to landfill or incineration. Source One
plastic materials that can be ran at net Peter Vanacker, LYB CEO. "Scaling up Plastics, a joint venture of LYB and 23
zero GHG emissions. The new plant our catalytic advanced recycling tech- Oaks Investments formed in October
is expected to have an annual capac- nology will allow us to return larger
2022, will supply the majority of the

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