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RPET frozen food tray is an industry first.

The first thermoformed frozen food trays of recycled PET were just introduced by Associated Packaging Technologies (APT), Chadds Ford Chadds Ford: see Brandywine, battle of the. , Pa. The trays, developed for ConAgra Foods, Omaha, will use 30% to 40% post-consumer PET and will divert at least 8 million lb of plastic from landfills each year.

APT uses a proprietary process that cleans reclaimed PET for use in a blend with virgin CPET CPET Central Point of Expertise on Timber (UK)
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 direct food-contact regulations. There are no performance tradeoffs with the RPET RPET Rajasthan Pre Engineering Test  trays, according to APT. It plans to expand their use to its chilled and ready-meal lines.

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