08 Feb 2022 --- LyondellBasell and Greiner Packaging are producing Nescafé coffee capsules from polymers based on advanced recycled post-consumer material. These polymers, branded CirculenRevive, are made using a chemical recycling process that converts plastic waste into feedstock for new polymers using a mass balance approach. “We believe in the future, as the availability of the advanced recycled material grows, the number of capsules based on this material will also grow,” Michael Frick, director of global key account management at Greiner Packaging, tells PackagingInsights. “In general we see a bright future for any kind of alternative plastic material that makes products more [environmentally] sustainable and creates a circular plastic packaging market.” With Greiner Packaging’s support, LyondellBasell will use the polymers to make coffee capsules for Nestlé’s Nescafé Dolce Gusto (NDG) machine.
