SUSTAINABILITY
Rieke ’ s first commercialized dispenser MonoTM-2e Pump ers is a significant breakthrough in the packaging for the beauty and personal care industry .
The single-polymer pump was designed to facilitate the recycling process for dispensers , which both CPG customers and consumers desired . As a result , Rieke ’ s global design and engineering teams conceived the Mono-2e . Until then , pumps were composed of various materials such as metal springs , polypropylene , polyethylene , and others .
This range of combined materials requires special infrastructure for adequate recycling . For example , the metal spring in a traditional pump is detrimental to the plastic recycling stream . Therefore , a consumer would have to discard the closure before recycling . As an industry innovator , Rieke developed its monomaterial pump without compromising quality , formula compatibility , aesthetics , or performance .
z Rieke ’ s first mono-material pump is already available on the market
Today , Rieke ’ s unique dispenser made from a single type of polymer was the first commercial-ready option available to customers and is already well adopted in practice by a global CPG company as an integral part of the packaging for one of their major new brands . “ Our goal was to deliver a pump , not only made with the same polymer but also with the same polymer grade to simplify the streamflow of recycling in the coming circular economy ,” explained Howard Manning , Vice President , and General Manager Rieke Closures .
This was a unique simplification in plastic , moving up to a circular economy model where the focus is optimizing the following stream at the end of the product ’ s lifecycle . The full homogeneity of the recycled polymer increases the performance and quality , while it extends possible high-quality applications of the following products molded in Post Consumer Resin .
“ This is an innovative model to shift the waste value chain where the product is not only designed to perform during the consumer ’ s use but also optimizes the regrinding offering to the next PCR user , providing the best stability in terms of viscosity and process . As a result , we have generated a high-value flow stream in a circular economy ,” commented Fabio Salik , President of TriMas Packaging .
z Rieke Mono-2e getting recognition for its revolutionary design
The Rieke Mono-2e was recognized as a 2020 finalist of the Sustainability Packaging Coalition Innovator Awards for this revolutionary single-polymer design . The patented pump features six parts , all made from one material . It is 100 % recyclable and designed to reduce its carbon footprint massively . It ’ s intended to be more easily recycled than ever before .
This allows closures and dispensing systems manufacturer Rieke to use PCR with the ability to integrate up to 100 % of postconsumer resin , Polypropylene , or Polyethylene into caps or closures . That gives each pump the best chance of a recycled , second life . Many thousands of consumers have already bought personal care products of a large global brand Love Beauty and Planet , by Unilever , focused on such a concept .
Rieke has the experience and the innovative resources to offer the largest range of recycle-ready dispenser pumps for its customers to meet their challenging sustainability targets . z
12 Packaging South Asia 15 August 2021