Lotte Chilsung Makes Beer PET Transparent... "Improving Recycling Efficiency"

Removal of Nylon Layer Between PETs Difficult to Recycle
Improving Recycling Grade with Eco-Friendly Packaging Technology

Lotte Chilsung Beverage will renew the packaging of its beer PET bottle products, ‘Cloud Saeng Draft,’ starting in August to facilitate easy separation and recycling.

From August, Lotte Chilsung Beverage will change the packaging of its PET bottle beer products by making the PET material transparent and introducing PET material product labels.

Lotte Chilsung Beverage has continuously developed technology for PET products and filed related patents. Based on this, unlike existing beer PET bottles, the nylon layer between PET layers has been removed to make PET recycling easier.

In addition, in collaboration with SK Microsystems, Lotte Chilsung Beverage will apply the ‘Eco Label’ to beer PET packaging for the first time in Korea. The Eco Label is the world’s first recyclable PET heat-shrink packaging material developed by SK Microsystems, made of the same material as PET bottles, and the ink separates during the recycling process. The Eco Label can be recycled into high-quality recycled raw materials together with PET bottles, and unlike conventional labels that are separated and then landfilled or incinerated, it can be recycled together with PET bottles, making it environmentally friendly.

A Lotte Chilsung Beverage official said, “With the upcoming end of the ‘Voluntary Agreement on Material Structure Improvement’ for PET beer by the end of next year, we have newly changed the beer PET packaging to increase the convenience of separation and recycling of beer PET bottles. We plan to further develop transparent PET-related technology for beer to satisfy both product stability and recycling convenience.”

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