Loop is an advanced shopping platform that allows customers to purchase their products contained in reusable packaging
Aptar has announced partnership with TerraCycle’s Loop platform (Credit: AptarGroup, Inc)
AptarGroup has collaborated with TerraCycle’s Loop global circular shopping platform, which offers consumer products in reusable containers.
The partnership agreement enables Aptar president of Food + Beverage Marc Prieur to sit on the Loop advisory board.
TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky said: “Working with Aptar, one of the world’s leading packaging companies, to provide durable dispensing solutions to the world’s leading CPG companies, is going to have a significant positive effect on the entire Loop platform.”
Loop allows customers to buy products in reusable packaging
Loop is an advanced shopping platform, which enables customers to purchase products in reusable packaging that can also be delivered in a Loop tote.
The empty containers can be placed back in the tote and pick-up be scheduled.
To create a sustainable and circular product experience, all containers will be cleaned, refilled and prepared for the next customer.
At present, Aptar offers lotion pumps for various products available on Loop’s online shopping platform.
AptarGroup president and CEO Stephan Tanda said: “We are pleased to partner with TerraCycle on the Loop e-commerce platform for reusable consumer products.
“This partnership represents our vision, and our customers’ vision, for a more circular economy where packaging does not become waste. By joining Loop’s advisory board, and through further collaboration with the world’s leading brands, we can work together to better design products for reuse.”
Earlier this month, AptarGroup has collaborated with Japanese firm Nippon Closures (NCC) for the development of the latest tethered beverage closure solutions.
Both firms have entered into an exclusive partnership to cross-licence technology for tethered beverage closures.
Based in the Crystal Lake, Illinois, Aptar offers a range of dispensing, sealing and active packaging solutions for the beauty, personal care, home care, prescription drug, consumer health care, injectables, food and beverage markets.