A circular economy for your own recycled material:
With a closed material loop, used packaging becomes valuable secondary raw materials.
The benefits for you: secure access to your own recycled material, reduce your vulnerability to market fluctuations and plan with long-term certainty.
The benefits for you: secure access to your own recycled material, reduce your vulnerability to market fluctuations and plan with long-term certainty.
1) Take-back and collection
- Targeted collection:
Used packaging is collected via retailers, end customers or your own take-back systems and returned to the cycle. - Careful sorting:
Structured collection and sorting ensures that the individual materials remain unmixed. - High material purity:
This is the only way to ensure the quality required to recover high-grade recycled material from packaging.
2) Recycling pre-sorted materials
- Mechanical recycling:
The different types of packaging collected are processed separately in specialised facilities. - High-quality PCR:
The aim is to recover post-consumer recycled material with properties that meet the requirements for new packaging. - Quality assurance:
Continuous testing ensures that standards remain consistently high.
3) Use of secondary raw materials
- Using recycled materials in production:
The secondary material recovered is fed directly into the process for manufacturing new packaging. -
Closed loop:
The result is a sustainable system in which materials are used multiple times. -
Planning certainty:
Your supply of raw materials remains secure in the long term – unaffected by market volatility.
Step 1
Evaluate
Analysis of your packaging, material flows and take-back channels.
Result
We can analyse your specific products and packaging to determine their recyclability. The assessment will show how effectively the materials used can be kept within a closed loop and identify areas where there is potential for optimisation to further improve sustainability.
Step 2
Optimise
Improving recyclability and ensuring material quality – through the careful selection of materials, design for recycling and efficient logistics to arrive at an optimised concept that combines technical, logistical and economic factors.
Result
Based on the evaluation, we can develop tailor-made solutions to optimise your packaging processes. We will assess whether participation in the dual system is applicable or whether bespoke take-back solutions need to be put in place to create a closed resource cycle.
Step 3
Implement
Establishment of take-back, recycling and production structures, including documentation and monitoring.
Result
On completion of a successful test phase, clozed loop™ can be fully implemented. All the parties involved will be coordinated, and the recycling process for products and packaging will be continuously monitored and adjusted as needed to ensure long-term success.
Take-back
At the end of their service life, empty paint buckets are returned to specialist retailers or paint shops or, in the case of larger quantities, collected directly from the customer. The used paint buckets are then compressed into bales for transport. This ensures that the containers are specifically returned to the cycle.
Processing
The compressed paint buckets are delivered to the processing plant, where they are cleaned, shredded and turned into recyclate. The plastic is converted into high-quality pellets of secondary raw material, which are the basis for new paint buckets.
Production
Once the recyclate (recycled plastic) has been analysed and approved, it can be used directly in production. The new paint buckets made from this material are identical to the original ones in terms of quality and function – the loop is closed.
The benefits for you
Predictable material availability even during market volatility
Measurable CO₂ and resource savings
Legal compliance
from 2030
Why closed loops are worthwhile – for you and the environment.
Compliance with key PPWR obligations
clozed loop™ is designed to help you meet the requirements of the PPWR
Resource security
Access to recycled materials that can be returned directly to the production cycle
Support the SDGs
clozed loop™ makes a significant contribution to the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially SDG 12
Stand out as a trailblazer
With clozed loop™, you can position yourself as a pioneer in your industry and stay ahead of future market demands
Sustainability is good for your image
Implementing clozed loop™ will strengthen your company’s image as a leader in terms of sustainability and recycling
Reduce the use of primary raw materials
By recovering materials within a self-contained resource cycle, clozed loop™ reduces the demand for new primary raw materials
We’re here to help you.
A well-functioning circular system depends on partners who coordinate logistics, recycling and quality control. We work hard behind the scenes to support you – from analysis and optimisation to the secure supply of high-quality PCR. As well as enjoying the peace of mind that your material cycle is functioning on a technical level, you also gain the assurance that it remains cost-effective and legally compliant.
Practical example: The paint bucket
The bucket cycle implemented by the Zentek Group shows what a functioning plastics cycle looks like in practice. The project demonstrates how materials can be recycled and reused in a sorted manner.
Support you can rely on.
You want to be certain that processes are effective, rules are followed and help is available whenever you need it. Our transparent, reliable and practical services are designed to satisfy all of these needs.
Expertise
We continuously analyse and adapt to the latest requirements and market developments. We help companies understand which requirements are relevant to them now and which will be in the future.
Advice
We take a practical approach to resolving individual issues, developing specific recommended actions that combine legal certainty with cost-effectiveness.
Legal certainty
All processes – from packaging design to volume reporting – are based on current requirements. Companies act in compliance with the rules at all times.
Implementation
From dual-system participation to reporting, in addition to planning measures, we also provide operational support until quantifiable results are achieved.
Efficiency
Complex processes are structured, digitally supported and clearly documented. This reduces internal effort and creates space for core business activities.