PCR PET Resin · The Alpha Line
AlphaSHCL PET thermoform regrind
Clear post-consumer or post-industrial PET regrind produced from thermoform and like-kind food-grade raw material. Material may be hot-washed depending on incoming quality.
Specifications · Thermoform regrind
| Parameter | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| b* | < 2.5 | – |
| Bulk density | 30 – 35 | lbs/ft³ |
| IV | 0.58 – 0.65 | dl/g |
| Metal | < 0 | ppm |
| PVC | < 5 | ppm |
| Floatables (includes label) | < 5 | ppm |
| Combined color (does not include clear) | < 0 | ppm |
| Glass/stone, non-melting | < 0 | ppm |
| Glue | < 1 | ppm |
| Low-melts | < 5 | ppm |
| Moisture | < 0.3 | % |
Values as published in GHD's 2020 technical data sheet. Each shipment ships with a certificate of analysis from GHD's laboratory.
Notes
Material may be hot-washed depending on incoming quality.
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Certification
No FDA Letter of No Objection is claimed for this grade. It is produced from thermoform and like-kind food-grade raw material and specified for non-food-contact and industrial uses unless your own compliance path covers it.
Typical uses
- Sheet and thermoform programs that accept regrind from food-grade thermoform feedstock.
- Non-food-contact layers, industrial sheet and applications with their own compliance path.
- Programs that value a lower-IV, higher-bulk-density regrind for blending.
- Recycled-content programs that need a certificate of analysis on every shipment.
Supply format
- 24–26 palletized 48–60" tall supersacks in each shipment
- 1,700 – 2,000 lbs per supersack
- Pallets are fumigated, grade A
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Buyer's guide
Diligence reading before you specify recycled content.
- The FDA Letter of No Objection: How Recycled PET Earns Food Contact
- rPET vs Virgin PET: Tariffs, Prices, and the New Supply Math
- California SB 54 and AB 793: The Two Laws Rewiring PET Demand
- EU Recycled-Content Targets: How Europe Sets the Global PET Bar
- Bottle Bills: The Ten-State System Feeding Food-Grade rPET
- PET Thermoform Recycling Hit a Record. The Circularity Gap Grew.
