Octal's Environmental Responsibility

APET from Octal is Recyclable

The PET recycling infrastructure evolved in response to the ubiquity of PET bottles. Yet, this existing infrastructure provides an immediate recovery channel for thermoformed APET material. It is a real-world advantage that alternatives such as polypropylene, PVC, PLA, or polystyrene do not have. The "1 PETE" recycling symbol on every APET package readily identifies this recyclable material.

APET Sheet from Octal is More Energy Efficient

Octal’s Direct-to-Sheet technology takes away the drying / melting process and replaces it with a resin reactor that creates the product directly from its raw material components.

The reactor creates the plastic in a pure molten form, so that when it is time to extrude the polymer, there is no contamination and no need for extensive energy outputs in the drying phase. Since the reactors are directly linked to our extrusion machines, Octal can save as much as 30% of the energy required to produce sheet compared to the traditional extrusion process.