Recyclable PET barrier material
Release time:
2025-09-22
Placon's recyclable oxygen barrier material OxyStar continues to be a leader in sustainable thermoformed packaging innovation. When creating custom food packaging, the primary challenge is figuring out how to help food last longer. From the very beginning, the direct contact of perishable food with oxygen has always been a major problem for food manufacturers, but it is no longer an issue. Placon has introduced the world's first recyclable PET barrier material, OxyStar. Today, most barrier solutions are classified as non-recyclable #7 recycling symbol. OxyStar PET barrier material has a #1 recycling symbol, allowing the packaging to be returned to the PET recycling stream for reuse. Creating a package that keeps your product fresher for longer and extends the product's shelf life while having a sustainable impact - that's how we make better packaging.
OxyStar is made of PET material.
Placon's OxyStar barrier material uses an active oxygen barrier layer to prevent oxygen from entering through a free radical chain reaction within the package sidewall. Throughout the shelf life of the OxyStar active agent, the amount of oxygen entering will be close to zero. OxyStar is made of PET material, making it the first barrier material with a #1 recycling symbol. This is key to ensuring continued support for the closed-loop recycling stream of PET plastic.
"OxyStar PET barrier material brings a sustainable solution to the barrier packaging market," said Brian Hodek, Placon's food processing machine sales manager. "Being able to create a barrier packaging solution that uses the #1 recycling symbol to maintain a closed-loop recycling stream helps support our mission and vision as a packaging company," Hodek said. "The development of this barrier application took a lot of time, but our team has already started working with major customers across the United States. As we begin to develop new custom food packaging in the coming months, we expect more customers to inquire about OxyStar," Hodek said.
It is well known that direct contact between oxygen and perishable food significantly shortens the shelf life of oxygen-sensitive products, increases food waste, and reduces the profits of producers. Food waste is the largest component of today's landfill waste. Placon's OxyStar product will help create a closed-loop PET recycling stream because it can be reused as the packaging application specifies the #1PET recycling symbol.
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