"Plastic is a very sustainable material. A modern, safe life without plastic would be hard to imagine. We need to learn to rethink how we responsibly manage all of our resources in the future. Each material has its advantages and justifications; we must choose the one that causes the least harm throughout its life cycle."
- Stefanie Sommer
Chief Strategy & Sustainability Office
Recyclability, circular economy and smart plastics are not buzzwords, but projects that we are working on further developing with our partners.
For some time now, Gabriel-Chemie has been working on the reduction of virgin materials, i.e. the native fossil raw materials used in plastics and masterbatch processing. With the first variegated masterbatch offer made from post consumer recycled polypropylene, a leading product is presented to the market. Our suppliers make their products from post-consumer waste such as the yellow bag, which serves as the base material. Recreating a large variety of colours is already possible. Brighter colours and special effect colours can be realised according to the customer's wishes and needs.