Lotte Chilsung Beverage, First in Domestic Beverage Industry to Verify Technology Using Recycled PET

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] Lotte Chilsung Beverage announced on the 28th that it will realize the "PET Bottle to Bottle" process, which uses plastic by-products to produce recycled PET (rPET), for the first time in the domestic beverage industry.

Lotte Chilsung explained, "PET bottles are generally manufactured by injection molding PET resin into preforms and then blow molding them into the final container shape. Instead of discarding the by-products generated during this process, we produced recycled resin, mixed it with raw materials, applied it to the Icis Eco product, conducted pilot production, and succeeded in verifying the technology and quality safety."

As consumer preference for eco-friendly products increases, Lotte Chilsung Beverage has adopted a method of making PET bottles from PET bottles to reduce the use of petroleum-based plastics, promoting a research and development project to introduce technology aimed at achieving carbon neutrality and a circular economy.

The project proceeded using the PIR (Post Industrial Recycled) method, which involves crushing plastic by-products generated during the production process, processing them into recycled resin, and then manufacturing PET bottles again. Quality verification of the production process, raw materials, and products was conducted in collaboration with global chemical specialist company Lotte Chemical and recycled PET resin manufacturer DY Polymer.

Based on this technology, quality verification, and know-how, Lotte Chilsung Beverage plans to promote the verification and introduction of the PCR (Post Consumer Recycled) method, which collects PET bottles used by consumers and remakes them into PET bottles, in line with policies from the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.

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