Mono-Material Integrated PET Bottle Handle Breaks Recycling Bottleneck
All-PET integrated bottle handles have replaced multi-material plastic grips on large-capacity edible oil and detergent bottles, solving a long-standing recycling pain point in the packaging sector. Traditional handles mixed with PP or PE materials cause sorting difficulties at recovery facilities, lowering overall PET recycling rates.
The new process forms handles as one whole unit with PET preforms during injection molding, achieving full mono-material packaging without secondary assembly. The integrated handle maintains high tensile strength to bear heavy liquid loads, and supports bottle-to-bottle closed-loop recycling after consumption.
Manufacturers adjust blow mold cavity structures to realize one-step forming of bottle bodies and handles. Market feedback indicates mono-material packaging gains extra green certification advantages for cross-border exports, widely favored by FMCG brands targeting European and North American markets.
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