Green Inventions

 Green PE

Green PE is CO2 negative, renewable, recyclable and sustainable.

We’re proud to be the first, and only, UK manufacturer of mailing bags made entirely from Green PE - a bio based thermoplastic resin that comes from sugarcane ethanol.

Green PE is made from sugar cane, and it’s the process of photosynthesis as the plant grows that makes this product carbon positive. As sugar cane plant grows it captures and fixes CO2 from the atmosphere during its production and reduce greenhouse gas emission.

Green PE is as an alternative to regular fossil based polythene, offering your company the opportunity to improve your green credentials by using a material that is renewable, recyclable and sustainable without compromising on performance.

To put it in numbers, it's expected that 412 million mailing bags will be shipped in the UK in 2018. If all of these were made from GreenPE, as opposed to virgin polythene, 46,276 tonnes of CO2 would be saved - which is the equivalent of a plane flying around the world 10,000 times.

Environmental benefits of GreenPE

• Reduces greenhouse gas emissions - each ton of GreenPE Polyethylene produced captures and sequesters CO2 from the atmosphere, helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• Renewable resource - GreenPE is produced from Brazilian sugarcane ethanol, a renewable source. Braskem's ethanol suppliers must meet the principles of sustainable development present in the "Code of Conduct for Ethanol Suppliers." Brazilian ethanol has characteristics that confer advantage when compared to other options of renewable raw materials.
• Recyclable - GreenPE is recyclable in the same chain used for recycling traditional polyethylene from fossil source. GreenPE is not biodegradable, so the CO2 captured by the product remains fixed throughout the life cycle of the plastic.
• Performance – GreenPE has the same technical properties, appearance and versatility of applications of polyethylene from fossil source. The replacement of fossil source polyethylene for GreenPE does not require investment in new machines in plastics converters.

For more information on GreenPE Download the brochure here.

Recycled Polythene Products

Developed in our in-house labs we have created new products that include recycled polythene waste. This development helps reduce dependency on traditional finite polythene without compromising on quality or performance. 

Made using UK waste polythene that would otherwise be sent to landfill, the reycled pellets reduce for products including waste sacks, films and even critical performance products such as mailing bags. What's more, the products are consistent in terms of quality and performance so you can rest-assure your product is kinder to the environment, but also in keeping with the quality your brand represents. 

Closed Loop Recycling

What’s the best use for polythene after it’s been used? How about using it again, and again, and again?

There’s a huge demand for recycled polythene but there’s also a shortage of waste material so we’ve made it easier than ever to reduce, reuse and recycle using our UK-based closed loop recycling system.

Not only do we take waste polythene off your premises, we also pay you for the scrap. You reduce your footprint on the environment by recycling in the UK and save precious space in landfill and all of this results in brand new recycled polythene products!

Download the DuoGreen Closed Loop Recycling Brochure here.

Super Strength Films

Traditionally, super-strong film required a lot of polythene to ensure it was thick and robust. No more, Duo's super strength films are strong without the requirement for excess polythene. 

However, thanks to comprehensive research and development into the characteristics of polyethylene, a new material has been developed which offers much greater impact strength and doesn’t tear at much lower microns. The benefit of our super strength film is that you use much less raw material yet you’re able to maintain the performance and quality of extra-thick polythene films.