BELL Packaging is offering new solutions to customers using plastic which otherwise could have ended up in the ocean.
In 2019 Bell launched Retran, a polyester-based material containing a minimum 70% recycled content. Bell revealed the product has been ‘hugely successful’, with nearly 80% of the firm’s customers around the world having switched to this new product.
Earlier this year, Bell unveiled Biojet, described as Retran with an additive that stimulates and accelerates the biodegrading process.
Recognising that more needed to be done, the business explained that it has been working to identify reliable sources of plastic that would otherwise end up in the ocean.
Bell said the polymer used to produce the new packaging is being sourced from companies who organise local communities to collect plastic waste from beaches, riverbanks and ocean perimeters.
Testing has so far shown no difference in the performance of the new material, compared to Retran, Jetran or Biojet packaging.
Bell has started converting Reused Ocean Plastic for its forming and insert divisions, with tubing and boxes to follow in 2022.
