Creating a comfortable dietary life through food tray containers
Transparent Containers Recycling
Commencing the World’s First Recycling of Transparent Containers
Traditionally, it was Difficult to Recycle Transparent Containers
Unlike foamed polystyrene trays, transparent containers were considered difficult to recycle because their materials vary considerably. FPCO created an infrared material identification system through its independent technological development efforts. After successfully sorting transparent containers, it was put into full operation in October 2008.
As they do for foamed polystyrene trays, customers can put transparent containers into collection boxes at supermarkets and other retail stores after cleaning them. As of March 2018, collection boxes for transparent containers could be found at approximately 5,200 sites all over the country.
Wholesalers of packing materials are asked to temporarily store transparent containers picked up by their trucks returning from deliveries to supermarkets and other retail stores.
Recycling Process
1.Conveying
The transparent containers that are collected are conveyed to sorting centers in each region.
2.Manual Sorting and Alignment
Containers are finally aligned manually to ensure that the material identification system is operating correctly.
3.Material Identification
The system irradiates infrared rays into containers to identify their materials.
4.Sorting by Material
The sorter separates the containers by material.
| OPS | PET | Others | ||
| Eco Tray | Go to PET bottles and containers | Some home electrical appliances |
5.Pulverization and Cleaning
Containers are cleaned and crushed at the same time.
6.Melting and Extrusion
The dried chips are melted and processed into pellets. * The cooling water is circulated.
7.Pellets
After passing a quality test, the pellets are ready to serve as the material for Eco Trays™.
8.Eco Trays™
The sheeting process makes the pellets into Eco Trays™. Each Eco Tray is printed with the Eco Mark.