DT14.50
First edition
Under development
Characteristics of a PET bottle to be reusable
Scope of application
This document aims to define the characteristics of a PET bottle to be reusable.
Contributors
ACQUA MINERALE SAN BENEDETTO, ALPLA WAIDHOFEN GmbH, ALPLA WERKE Alwin Lehner GmbH & Co KG, AMCOR RIGID PACKAGING PLC (MANCHESTER), AROL S.p.A., AVERY DENNISON HEADQUARTERS, BERLIN PACKAGING ITALY S.P.A., BOUT' À BOUT' (LÉKO), CAP SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS, CITEO, COCA-COLA GmbH (VIENNA), CORVAGLIA MOULD AG, FINAT, GENOSSENSCHAFT DEUTSCHER BRUNNEN EG, HERMA GmbH, HEUFT SYSTEMTECHNIK GmbH, HUSKY INJECTION MOLDING SYSTEM S.A (DUDELANGE), KHS CORPOPLAST GmbH / KHS GmbH PLASMAX, KRONES AG, LEKO, MIHO INSPEKTIONSSYSTEME GMBH, NESTLÉ WATERS AND PREMIUM BEVERAGES, NESTLE WATERS M.T. NPTC, Waters, OBRIST CLOSURES SWITZERLAND GMBH, RESILUX (BELGIUM), SACMI IMOLA, SAEME SAS Danone Eaux France (EVIAN), SIPA S.p.a., SPA MONOPOLE S.A., SUNTORY BEVERAGES & FOOD EUROPE (FRANCE - AIX EN PROVENCE), UNITED CAP FRANCE, UPM RAFLATAC OY (SPAIN), UPM RAFLATAC OY (TAMPERE)
Document under responsibility of working group:
PET REUSE
WG chair: Kieran DEMANGEAT - CITEO
Co-Chair: Maélia Boisdur / LÉKO
Scope:
This joint group defines what is expected in terms of cleaning, sterilisation, quality, and consumer safety of PET reused bottles:
Hygiene, cleaning, and sterilisation
Scope:
This joint group defines what is expected in terms of cleaning, sterilisation, quality, and consumer safety of PET reused bottles:
Hygiene, cleaning, and sterilisation
- Bacteriological state and sterilisation;
- Residues of water and of washing products and of other dangerous content;
- Hygiene measures in the washing process, in the collection, storage, and transport;
- Detection, and ejection of damaged and contaminated bottles.
- how the defects from the use (consumers, logistics) are detected and rejected;
- measures against defect creation on washing lines.
- Specific control points in the production of containers for reuse.
Document under drafting stage
