ILIP IS READY TO PRODUCE FOOD PACKAGING PRODUCTS MADE FROM 100% RECYCLED PET

The installation of the r-PET decontamination systems has just been completed

BOLOGNA (27 January 2015) – ILIP, one of Europe’s leading players in the field of thermoformed plastic packaging for the food and fresh produce industries, can begin producing packaging products made entirely from recycled PET suitable for direct food contact.

ILIP is the main division of ILPA Group, which recently completed the installation of a recycled PET decontamination process. This system, for which ILPA received the approval from the EFSA (the European Food Safety Authority) as far back as July, is a necessary prerequisite for producing packaging products designed for direct food contact compliant with Regulation (EC) 282/2008.

This innovation represents a further guarantee of the safety of the materials and the recycled plastic containers for food products, as well as a step forward in the field of sustainable packaging, for which ILPA has always been on the cutting edge. The company, in fact, is one of the first in Europe to have implemented a closed-loop recycled PET process, whereby the recovery of these plastic materials is managed internally: from the washing and grinding of the post-consumer products, to the extrusion of the r-PET material and the production of ILIP’s new finished products.