Amcor and preserves producer Wilkin & Sons have introduced certified flexible films containing 30% post-consumer recycled plastic for Tiptree’s collation and pallet-wrapping operations. The development addresses a packaging challenge: increasing verified recycled content in logistics films while retaining performance, traceability and operational efficiency.
Tiptree has adopted Amcor’s RecyClass-certified collation shrink film and Bontite Sustane stretch wrap. The secondary and tertiary packaging films are used to group products and stabilise palletised loads during distribution.
Both structures contain 30% post-consumer recycled (PCR) material. According to the companies, the films maintain the load stability and operational efficiency required for Tiptree’s packaging lines and supply chain.
The packaging change also prepares Tiptree for revisions to the UK Plastic Packaging Tax from April 2027. Under the revised rules, post-industrial recycled material will no longer count towards the minimum 30% recycled-plastic threshold; only PCR content will qualify.
Manufactured at Amcor’s Leominster and Bromborough plants, the films carry RecyClass Recycled Plastics Traceability Certification under EN 15343. The certification independently verifies the proportion of PCR plastic and its traceability through controlled production processes.
Manuel Martinez, packaging buyer at Wilkin & Sons, said independent RecyClass verification provided confidence in the material’s traceability. “Just as important, we have maintained the packaging performance and the level of operational efficiency that our business depends on,” he said.
Gabrielle Ditsch, sales director at Amcor, said incorporating PCR into shrink and stretch films could be technically challenging. She added that customers were looking beyond recycled-content percentages to consider the material’s origin, verification and performance.
The project concerns Tiptree’s transit packaging rather than its primary consumer packs. Its significance lies in combining independently verified recycled content with the functional requirements of product collation, pallet stability and distribution.