PET Plastic Refillable Bottles

Refillable bottles aim to reduce total plastic produced by making them reusable. They are the foundation in deposit return schemes, in which a customer receives money back for returning their bottle. Empty bottles are returned via the scheme to be refilled by bottlers, a process that can happen up to 25 cycles.

These innovative schemes motivate the consumer to play a part in recycling and reducing plastic waste, which benefits the environment. This sustainable packaging solution has a far lower carbon footprint than the refillable glass bottle equivalent.

For beverage producers, using 1L Refillable PET Bottles with 30% recycled content can lead to a carbon footprint reduction of 28% (vs 0% rPET), and against refillable glass has an 81% benefit in carbon reduction. Bottles that can no longer be refilled are simply removed from the bottle pool to be recycled. The recycled content coupled with the renewable energy supply in Petainer’s sites, is helping brand owners meet their sustainability targets, and work towards becoming carbon neutral.

At a time where customers perceive the end-of-life solutions of a product just as important as the carbon footprint, the RefPET bottle with recycled PET is the ultimate sustainable solution. This combination of reuse, recycled content, and responsible end-of-life, makes RefPET perfectly suited for the circular economy.

RefPET bottles are built to last, but still use the lowest amount of new material per litre compared to other beverage packaging formats, including glass and metal cans. They can be filled on dedicated PET lines as well as incorporated on to glass filling lines, so no additional equipment is needed to start using RefPET bottles. Their long lasting properties increase trip rates, and as they can be reused more often, the upfront costs are spread over its lifespan.