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RETRAY, heir to Ecosense, is the Ecosense Foundation’s certification scheme to consolidate a circular economy model in the value chain of thermoformed PET packaging by quantifying the content of recycled material, from the tray-to-tray circuit and other sources in accordance with the EN 15343 standard and the verification of its recyclability according to the guidelines published by the foundation.
Evertis, a PET film producer, present in the polymer industry since 1959, specialized in the production of monolayer and multilayer PET film for food packaging applications. The purpose of the company has always been to offer packaging solutions that close the loop and contribute to a circular economy in the PET thermoform sector. Its sustainability strategy integrates the UN Sustainable Development Goals and boosts the product innovation in terms of circularity, recyclability and eco-design, as is the case of its latest product launches, Ecobar™ and Ecoseal™.
Under the RETRAY scheme, a Certification Entity has audited the processes of film manufacturing, verifying compliance with the following requirements of the RETRAY Procedure for sheet producers:
• The traceability of the recycled raw materials involved in the manufacture of the film and the management of plastic waste resulting from the production process.
• The percentage content of recycled plastic incorporated into the film manufactured over a certain period of analysis, in accordance with the EN 15343 standard.
Evertis has the objective of increasing the recycling content incorporated in its products and reaching an average of 50% by 2023.
