Development and scale-up of the Choose Water recycled paper bottle -the world’s first long-shelf life, plastic-replacement bottle made from 100% biodegradable materials

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• 批准号: 105408
• 金额: $ 12.7万
• 依托单位: CHOOSE WATER LIMITED
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=105408
• 关键词: Development; scale; up; Choose; Water

Each year the UK throws away over 13bn plastic bottles and 5bn items of plastic-coated paper packaging such as coffee cups, cartons and salad boxes. Although plastic bottles are relatively easy to recycle, UK recycling rates of 45% (WRAP;2018) mean the majority end up in landfill, or worse the ocean.Plastic-coated paper packaging presents a more complicated problem -- despite using 95% recycled materials the high cost associated with separating the materials means 125,000 tonnes going to landfill every year.Following 12-months research, we have developed a prototype 500ml bottle made solely out of recycled paper, with unique waterproof lining made out 100% natural, biodegradable materials. The liner represents the holy grail within the packaging industry and the technology has significant potential both in the development of bottles and use in wider packaging for liquids, ready meals and other modified atmosphere packaging- reducing the reliance on plastic and plastic lining for packaging.We are currently reliant on multiple third-parties for the design and manufacture of the recycled paper bottle, with the lining, filling and capping taking place manually at our production facility. This is inefficient, not scalable and hinders our ability to undertake further R&D.Having demonstrated the potential of the liner and paper casing, we now need to refine the liner and develop the unique hardware machinery needed exploit the market opportunity.Internally, the project will;Enable us to get to market quickly, demonstrate industrial feasibility (EOIs already received from: Sky, Eurostar) aProduce at volume (100p/d - 1,800 p/d) and reduce our cost per bottle from 60p to 14p through automation, down to ~5p at scale - comparable to PET.Enable us to undertake further R&D, experimenting with other forms of recycled material packaging (bamboo, wood pulp etc), smaller bottles (down to 50ml - a major source of single-use plastic waste), different structures (ready meal or modified atmosphere trays etc) and act as a platform to develop the unique liner technology.More widely, the technology will help the UK reduce its plastic bottle usage by 1mi items by Y5, saving over 140,000 kg in CO2 in line with UK GOVs 'Plastic Pact' 2025 commitment.

英国每年扔掉超过 130 亿个塑料瓶和 50 亿件涂塑纸包装物品，如咖啡杯、纸盒和沙拉盒。尽管塑料瓶相对容易回收，但英国 45% 的回收率（WRAP；2018）意味着大多数最终会被填埋，或者更糟糕的是进入海洋。塑料涂层纸包装提出了一个更复杂的问题——尽管使用了 95% 的回收材料，但与材料分离相关的高昂成本意味着每年有 125,000 吨塑料瓶进入垃圾填埋场。经过 12 个月的研究，我们开发了一款 500 毫升瓶原型 完全由再生纸制成，具有独特的防水衬里，由 100% 天然、可生物降解的材料制成。内衬代表了包装行业的圣杯，该技术在瓶子的开发以及更广泛的液体包装、即食食品和其他气调包装的应用方面具有巨大的潜力，减少了对塑料和塑料内衬包装的依赖。目前，我们依赖多个第三方来设计和制造再生纸瓶，内衬、灌装和封盖均在我们的生产设施中手动进行。这是低效的、不可扩展的，阻碍了我们进行进一步研发的能力。在展示了内衬和纸质外壳的潜力后，我们现在需要改进内衬并开发利用市场机会所需的独特硬件机械。在内部，该项目将；使我们能够快速进入市场，展示工业可行性（已收到来自天空、欧洲之星的意向书） a 批量生产（100p/d - 1,800） p/d），并通过自动化将每瓶成本从 60 便士降低到 14 便士，规模降低至约 5 便士 - 与 PET 相当。使我们能够进行进一步的研发，尝试其他形式的回收材料包装（竹子、木浆等）、较小的瓶子（低至 50 毫升 - 一次性塑料废物的主要来源）、不同的结构（即食食品或气调托盘等），并作为开发独特内衬技术的平台。更多 广泛而言，该技术将帮助英国到 5 年减少 1 英里的塑料瓶使用量，减少超过 140,000 公斤的二氧化碳排放，符合英国政府 2025 年“塑料公约”的承诺。