Klockner Pentaplast to distribute SmartCycle packaging films

Klockner Pentaplast has partnered with Packaging 2.0 to distribute SmartCycle rigid PET films. Made from recycled plastic beverage bottles and designed to help meet packaging sustainability goals, SmartCycle films are used for general-purpose, food, and all-plastic box packaging applications. Klckner Pentaplast is the exclusive global supplier for SmartCycle films.

SmartCycle PET films offer a range of products with a minimum guaranteed level of 50 percent post-consumer recycled plastic bottle content. These films comply with all applicable EU regulations and directives for direct food contact, as well as the requirements for recycled plastic materials used in food contact packaging.

SmartCycle PET films provide a plastic packaging option to consumer product companies and retailers while building long-term value by helping them move toward their sustainable packaging goals and meeting European Regulation (EC) No. 1935/2004. Because the SmartCycle logo can be included on the plastic containers using this film or appear on the label, consumers can make educated choices on their purchases.

The SmartCycle process of making packaging from recycled plastic bottles saves energy, natural resources, and, ultimately, will spur collection of bottles and potentially custom packaging. A key goal of SmartCycle is to help people feel positive (Smart) about and responsible for their packaging choice by conveying the story of sustainable packaging to the entire packaging value chain (Cycle) – consumers, retailers, OEMs, converters, and resource recovery plants. 

‘SmartCycle films were developed to meet European and customers’ packaging and sustainability requirements without sacrificing performance in a post-consumer recycled content film suitable for packaging applications,’ said Giles Peacock, Klockner Pentaplast’s vice president, packaging business unit, for Europe. ‘The expansion of our packaging film range to include these unique films, along with our existing films, continues to provide our customers with the broadest selection of films available in the global marketplace today.’

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