Packaging for Mineral Water and SFBs Sanpellegrino s Perspective Fabio Chimetto AG Packaging Manager Sanpellegrino SpA
Sanpellegrino Group is The biggest player in the non alcoholic beverage within the Italian Market; a products portfolio for any consumption occasion. Mineral Water Soft Drinks Aperitifs
With these numbers 3 billions of bottles 9 Factories 766 Mio Euros (year 2014) Exporting in 140 Countries World Wide 1600 Employees
The factories are located exactly were the mineral water springs are S.Pellegrino Levissima Recoaro S.Bernardo Nestlé Vera Acqua Panna Nestlé Vera -S.Rosalia
Mineral water means The packaging is therefore essential: It has to protect the product, its composition and the taste. The bottle is the safebox of the mineral water: To guarantee safety and quality to the consumer.
Sparkling Fruit Beverages means The packaging is therefore essential: It has to protect the product, its composition and the taste, knowing that loss of CO2 and exposure to light and oxygen are detrimental
Environmental sustainability: we are focused on 4 areas
The packaging is therefore crucial Packaging Main Topics : Products protection Lightweighting Recycled PET utilization Sustainable packaging materials
Products protection Main needs : gas barrier (CO2 and/or 02) UV and visible light barrier Light but unbrekable Easy to shape
PET and barrier options Gas barrier, the three options : std PET properly bi-oriented special PET resins as Poliprotect PB and/or APB (by M&G) MLY PET/Nylon/PET (co-injection)
PET and light protection UV and visible light protection : special UV filters specific dark and covering colors
PET added value Weight and shape : consumer friendly vs. glass higher flexibility in terms of shape and size vs. can and glass
Lightweighting: our latest project Vera BFLy : 0,5 lt bottle for still water total weight 9,5 g body weight 7,5 g one of the lightest body in our Market
Lightweighting: our latest project Vera BFly Constraints to be addressed : IV resin limitation (max 0,78) Very narrow blowing process window (line speed 45.000 bt/h) Wall thickness distribution to be closely monitored (Agr Process Pilot)
Recycled PET utilization First Company to launch rpet in Italy : since the 5 th August 2010, it is finally allowed in Italy the use of rpet up to 50 %, as defined with the Regolamento n 113 of the 18 th May 2010 in October 2010, Levissima 1 lt bottle for still water, is the first bottle with rpet in our Market
Recycled PET utilization
Recycled PET utilization In 2014 Sanpellegrino has used 3.570 tons of rpet in the production of bottles under the brands Vera and Recoaro with the rate of 25 %
g eq C02 / kg Recycled PET utilization Every recycled bottle allows an environmental benefit as it replaces vergin material utilization r-pet rpet vs rpet: v-pet: CO2 CO 2 emissions balance 3500 3000 2500 2000 1500 CO 2 Savings 1000 500 0 Mechanical Recycling Virgin PET production (1t rpet = - 2,3 t eq CO 2 emissions = - 8 oil barrels)
Recycled PET utilization Scientific report AT NATIONAL LEVEL Cost benefits analysis from 2001 to 2011 42 avoided landfills 3 millions Tons avoided CO2 Employment generation Considering the LOMBARDIA Region Cost benefits analysis from 2005 to 2010 7 avoided landfills 170,000 Tons avoided CO2 Secondary raw materials generated value : 14 millions Euros
Sustainable packaging materials PET remains our choice because : A packaging material which is biodegradable or compostable is not the right solution for the environment Because all what has been done to obtain the packaging will be lost during the degradation..
Sustainable packaging materials Biodegradable or compostable means : Energy used to prepare the land, fertilazers, water, energy to transform the vegetable into a plastic, all will be transformed in CO2, water, methane, mineral salts or humus
Sustainable packaging materials PET remains our choice because : It delivers the right performances in terms of strength and barrier It is fully recyclable allowing to recover its intrinsic value what is missing is a renewable origin, since any fossil origin is not sustainable.
PET partially renewable is the answer PET made from renewable sources : Today is becoming available a PET partially derived from a vegetable source (30 %) This is the PET made with MEG coming from molasses and/or sugar cane Sugar cane spontaneously growing without fertilazers and watering is a sustainable source
PET partially renewable is the answer Levissima has launched in June 2013 : PET partially made with renewable sources Made from MEG derived from Brasilian sugar cane SKUs: 1 lt still and sparkling, 1,5 lt still In 2014 we have used 870 tons of such PET
EcoPET is the answer S t i l l Launch : June 2013 S p a r k l i n g
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