Nampak Plastics in the UK has completed trials and testing of new smaller sizes of its Infini plastic milk bottles, in sizes 1-pint, 1-litre and 2-pint.
Based in Milton Keynes, the UK’s leading producer of plastic milk bottles plans to launch the new products this summer, a move which it says will result in a combined material saving of 4,500 tonnes, and a combined carbon saving 12,000 tonnes per annum.
The move comes a few months after Nampak announced an increase in rHDPE in its 4-pint Infini bottles to 30%, a goal achieved two years ahead of the Defra and Dairy Roadmap targets, and the company plans to increase the amount in its smaller bottles to match this by 2014.
More than 180 million Infini bottles have now been sold through multiple retail chains Marks & Spencer, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose.
Eric Collins, managing director of Nampak Plastics, says: “Great strides have already been made with these new smaller bottles, however, this is only the beginning and the team are pushing the boundaries further by trialling designs with even higher levels of recycled content.”
Recent figures from Recoup, the recycling charity, show that 77% of HDPE milk bottles are recycled in the UK, making it one of the most widely recycled forms of packaging in the country.
