Post Consumer Recycled PET Packaging Introduced by MHI

MHI has introduced a thermoformed packaging made 100-percent from collected and recycled water, juice and sports drink plastic bottles. Trays, clamshells, blisters and more produced with Good Earth 100-percent recycled PET are also Biodegradable, Compostable and Recyclable. FDA approved, this proprietary material can be used for food and non food applications.

Good Earth 100-percent post consumer recycled content PET is the newest addition to MHI's proprietary family of eco friendly packaging. This material expands MHI's existing selection of material options marketed as "Today’s Most Practical Alternatives" for environmentally responsible packaging.

FDA approval, high clarity, range of colors, temperature range and good strength make it an attractive and practical alternative for a wide range of food and consumer goods packaging. Performance and physical characteristics are the same as or close to the traditional materials (PET & PVC) it can easily replace and does not have any shelf life, storage or heat sensitivity limitations.

Developed and manufactured by MHI, a vertically integrated division of CEI Incorporated, this new proprietary material offers many environmental, performance and cost benefits for those looking to use more eco friendly packaging. This carbon footprint reducing option is not only made 100-percent from recycled plastic bottles, it is also biodegradable and compostable in a landfill or compost environment. It can also be recycled through existing programs.

Currently, the average person discards 166 plastic bottles annually with 8 out of 10 ending up in landfills, says MHI.

According to the company, cost of packaging manufactured from this newest Good Earth material is usually less than the traditional material it replaces and is readily available.

MHI also offers a "closed loop" program where plastic bottles can be picked up and then remanufactured into 100% post consumer recycled content thermoformed packaging for the company or institution returning the bottles.

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