In an industry first, Australia’s leading privately owned plastic raw material supplier, Martogg, has developed a local sustainable packaging solution for a broad range of rigid polypropylene (PP) packaging.
Martogg says this patent-pending innovation will enable brand owners to meet APCO 2025 packaging targets for PP with domestic recycled content, creating demand for Australian recycled content.
PKN caught up with Martogg’s market development manager, Craig Riley, to discuss the project.
“From an R&D perspective, finding a solution for recycled content into recyclable polypropylene rigid packaging has been on our radar for a few years,” Riley said. “At the present time, using existing mechanical recycling technologies, it is not possible to provide our industry with a local food grade certified recycled polypropylene. Polypropylene is widely used in single-use packaging for a variety of FMCG applications. This development will give brand owners and packaging producers a sustainable local option for packaging targets without the need to change tooling or process conditions.”
Riley explains that Martogg’s initial development has targeted thin wall injection mould (TWIM) applications including applications requiring in-mould labelling (IML).
“We are now confident to launch commercially in 2024,” Riley said, noting that Martogg is already thinking about options for sheet extrusion / thermoforming, extrusion blow moulding and injection blow moulding processing technologies.
Martogg Group’s LCM product manager Haydn Meek said, “This product is an incredibly exciting development for brands to transition to recycled content in PP food packaging ahead of the fast – approaching 2025 APCO targets. We welcome collaborations with converters and major brand owners.”
To find out more about this breakthrough development, visit www.martogg.com.au or contact Haydn Meek at plastics@martogg.com.au
This advertorial was first published in the January-February 2024 issue of PKN Packaging News, page 9.
