The new initiative will lightweight from 21 g. to 18.5 g. the Coca-Cola Company’s sparkling brands, in the U.S. and Canada. Coca Cola redesigned its small PET bottles shapes minimizing the weight of its beverage portfolio, thanks to a thinner design that did not alter the height or overall diameter of the packaging. In the ever-evolving plastic environment, the new bottles have an impact on recycling facilities, which must adapt to recent challenges; in fact, lighter bottles are easily to be damaged during the mechanical recycling process.
AMUT technology is ready to tackle the revamped packaging and properly satisfies the customers’ needs.
In particular, equipment such as the patented Delabeller and the wet grinder, have already been designed and tested, achieving more than 95% efficiency in the de-labelling of light weight bottles. The new grinder design is aimed at processing a high bottle flow and reducing fine particles
