Bottled water sells well to boost plastic packaging market demand
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2023-03-24
Population growth, increases in water-borne diseases, and a lack of tap water have made bottled drinking water the popular choice.
Population growth, increases in water-borne diseases, and a lack of tap water have made bottled drinking water the popular choice.
"In developing countries such as India, as well as in many countries in the Middle East, the demand for safe drinking water is very large, and these regions have therefore become the target market for many multinational bottled water manufacturers," Technavio Packaging Research recently released a new report - Global Plastic-Based Packaging Market 2017-2020, Sharan Raj, an analyst, said, “During the forecast period, the per capita consumption of bottled water will grow, which will drive the market demand for plastic packaging.”
Weight issue As a trend, lightweighting involves the redesign of packaging materials, so as to achieve weight reduction without sacrificing quality. Plastic packaging suppliers' R&D teams have been working on developing packaging that is both lightweight and easy to carry. Furthermore, reducing the weight of packaging materials and making structural improvements to packaging formats can also help suppliers reduce transportation costs.
Currently on the market, the average weight of a 0.5-liter PET bottle is 12 grams. The PET bottle manufactured by Sidel weighs only 7.95 grams, which is 34% lighter than traditional PET bottles, and the maximum load performance has been improved by 32%. The raw materials can save 13 million US dollars per year.
“Lightweight PET bottles require less raw material to produce, and in turn, these bottles are 75% more recyclable and use 23% less energy to produce,” Sharan said, “while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The amount of landfill waste has dropped by more than 20%.”
Manufacturers design PET water bottles in different ways to improve their barrier properties. Innovative technologies are constantly being developed and applied to improve impermeability and eliminate the risk of harmful substances entering these containers. One such technique is plasma coating, which applies this protective layer to a PET film with a thickness of only 50 nanometers, but the bottle is still easily recyclable.
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