EP0919485A1 - Récipients en plastique et système de collecte pour récipients en plastique - Google Patents

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EP0919485A1
EP0919485A1 EP98103042A EP98103042A EP0919485A1 EP 0919485 A1 EP0919485 A1 EP 0919485A1 EP 98103042 A EP98103042 A EP 98103042A EP 98103042 A EP98103042 A EP 98103042A EP 0919485 A1 EP0919485 A1 EP 0919485A1
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Kazuko Hasebe
Kazuhumi Komatsu
Kyoji Kinbara
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TEMUSO CO., LTD.
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
    • B65D23/12—Means for the attachment of smaller articles
    • B65D23/14—Means for the attachment of smaller articles of tags, labels, cards, coupons, decorations or the like
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D23/00—Details of bottles or jars not otherwise provided for
    • B65D23/02—Linings or internal coatings
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2203/00—Decoration means, markings, information elements, contents indicators
    • B65D2203/02—Labels
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2501/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece
    • B65D2501/0009—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures designed for pouring contents
    • B65D2501/0081—Bottles of non-circular cross-section
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D2565/00—Wrappers or flexible covers; Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D2565/38—Packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D2565/381—Details of packaging materials of special type or form
    • B65D2565/385—Details of packaging materials of special type or form especially suited for or with means facilitating recycling

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  • a present invention relates to collection of plastics containers, to a plastics container which can be made into reprocessed articles, and to a collection system for such plastics containers.
  • the product distribution channel for plastics containers filled with a liquid such as a soft drink involves a manufacturer, a sales outlet, and a consumer, distribution passing from the manufacturer to the consumer via the sales outlet.
  • a manufacturer a sales outlet
  • a consumer distribution passing from the manufacturer to the consumer via the sales outlet.
  • the plastics container body is discarded as rubbish.
  • the discarded plastics container is then transported by truck to a refuse dump. Refuse disposal at the refuse dump then involves conventional processing channels.
  • the material thereof comprises resins other than polyethylene terephthalate. Hence if this is discarded as waste from the consumers household, and subsequently incinerated, then the noxious gases in the exhaust gases generated at the time of incineration result in environmental pollution. Moreover, if the waste is discarded into the natural environment as rubbish, since it is difficult for products made from artificial materials to subsequently return to nature, the natural environment is also damaged.
  • the present invention has been developed in order to solve such problems, with the object of providing a plastics container which once the liquid contents have been consumed the body thereof can be collected and reused, and of providing a collection system for such a plastics container.
  • a plastics container comprising: a cylindrical shaped closed base plastics container body having an opening; a trade mark representation affixed to a surface of the plastics container body; an environmental protection mark affixed to a surface of the plastics container body; and an environmental protection cooperation organisation representation displayed on a surface of the plastics container body in the vicinity of the environmental protection mark.
  • environmental protection involves at least collecting the plastics container body after the contents have been consumed, and then directly reclaiming the basic materials without refuse disposal. Consequently, by means of the environmental protection mark affixed to the plastics container body, the distributor or the consumer can be notified that the organisation disclosed on the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation, and the product origin organisation which can be read from the trade mark representation are cooperating with the plastics container recycle campaign.
  • the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation is displayed sufficiently close to the environmental protection mark as to not cause confusion with the trade mark representation indicating the contents of the plastics container and a product origin representation.
  • the trade mark representation is affixed to a surface of an upper end head portion of the plastics container body, and the environmental protection mark together with the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation are affixed to a surface of a lower end trunk portion.
  • the display regions are partitioned from each other. Therefore a dealer can recognise that the environmental protection mark and the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation are both not related to the contents, and support for the collection of the plastics container body can thus be facilitated.
  • the trade mark representation, the environmental protection mark and the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation are affixed in mutual relationship at different diametric directions relative to a central axis of the plastics container at positions displaced from each other when viewed from the side.
  • the material for the plastics container body is characterized in comprising polyethylene terephthalate.
  • polyethylene terephthalate is often used for the material for the plastics container body.
  • a plastics container collection system comprising: a step of manufacturing a plastics container body; a step of enclosing contents in the plastics container body; a step of transporting a plastics container as disclosed in any one of the above aspects and in which contents have been enclosed to a consumer; a step of collecting a plastics container body the contents of which have been consumed by a consumer, and a step of reclaiming the collected plastics container body.
  • a container body 2 of a plastics container 1 is a cylindrical shaped closed base body having an opening 100, and comprises an upper head portion 6 and a lower trunk portion 7.
  • a recess portion 8 is formed in an outer periphery at a region between the head portion 6 and the trunk portion 7.
  • the opening 100 is on the side of the head portion 6 away from the recess portion 8.
  • a cap 9 is removably fitted to the opening 100.
  • a shrink pack wrap film 5 is wrapped around the head portion 6 and the trunk portion 7 of the container body 2.
  • the upper edge of the wrap film 5 is indicated by numeral 511 while the lower edge is indicated by numeral 512.
  • a trade mark representation 3 is displayed on the upper portion of the wrap film 5, while an environmental protection mark 4 is displayed on the lower portion.
  • the trade mark representation 3 includes the origin of the plastics container goods, for example the name and address of the distributor or manufacturer, as well as the product name, or a brand or trade and quality representation of the plastics container, as well as the product name, the ingredients names, the contents weight, the use by period, the preservation method and the like.
  • the environmental protection mark 4 is for example the mark as shown in FIG. 2.
  • the environmental protection mark 4 has the meaning that the enterprise body is cooperating with environmental recycling. Consequently the enterprise body name which is included in the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 10 displayed close to the environmental protection mark 4, indicates that the enterprise body is cooperating with environmental recycling.
  • the plastics container is collected by a predetermined organisation (for example ABC collectors) and is then introduced to a reclamation route, thus contributing to environmental protection. That is to say, the enterprise body which supports environmental protection displays an intention to cooperate with not immediately discarding plastics containers, and to contribute to environmental protection.
  • plastics containers can be reused are for example as solid fuels, as base material for asphalt, and as fibres.
  • the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 10 which is displayed close to the environmental protection mark 4 is a representation such as shown in FIG. 2 (A) and (B).
  • the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 10 shown in (A) displays "The advertisement on the plastics container affixed with this world recycle mark is that of an enterprise which cooperates with recycling", while the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 10 shown on (B) displays "ABC Company Limited is cooperating with recycling of the plastics container to which this mark is affixed.”
  • the medium displaying the trade mark representation, the environmental protection mark, and the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation according to the present invention instead of shrink pack wrap film, this may comprise paper, a sticker of a paper or plastic product, or direct printing.
  • the location for display of the trade mark representation, the environmental protection mark, and the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation according to the present invention can vary depending on the size, shape and material etc. of the various types of plastics containers.
  • FIG. 3 Other embodiments of the present invention related to the positional relationship between the trade mark and the environmental protection mark, and the various types of plastics containers, are shown in FIG. 3, FIG. 4, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6.
  • the capacity of a plastics container 11 is from 1.5 ⁇ 2L.
  • This container 11 is of circular shape in horizontal cross-section.
  • a wrap film sheet 15 is attached to a head portion 16 and a trunk portion 17 of a container body 12 using shrink pack.
  • a trade mark representation 13 is displayed on a portion of the wrap film sheet 15 located on the head portion 16.
  • an environmental protection mark 14 and an environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 20 are displayed on a portion of the wrap film sheet 15 located on the trunk portion 17.
  • the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 20 is displayed sufficiently close to the environmental protection mark 14 as to not cause confusion with the company name and product origin indicated by the trade mark representation 13. Consequently, there is no recognition by the dealer/customer that the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 20 is related to the source of the contents of the plastics container 11.
  • the capacity of a plastics container 21 is from 1.5 ⁇ 2L and the shape is octagonal in horizontal cross-section.
  • a wrap film sheet 25 is attached to a head portion 26 and a trunk portion 27 of a container body 22 using shrink pack.
  • a trade mark representation 23 is displayed on a portion of the wrap film sheet 25 located on the head portion 26.
  • an environmental protection mark 24 and an environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 30 are displayed on a portion of the wrap film sheet 25 located on the trunk portion 27.
  • the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 30 is displayed sufficiently close to the environmental protection mark 24 as to not cause confusion with the company name and product origin indicated by the trade mark representation 23. Consequently, there is no recognition by the dealer/customer that the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 30 is related to the source of the contents of the plastics container 21.
  • the capacity of a plastics container 31 is 0.5L and the shape is circular in horizontal cross-section.
  • a wrap film sheet 35 is attached to a head portion 36 and a trunk portion 37 of a container body 32 using shrink pack.
  • a trade mark representation 33 is displayed on a portion of the wrap film sheet 35 located on the head portion 36.
  • an environmental protection mark 34 and an environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 40 are displayed on a portion of the wrap film sheet 35 located on the trunk portion 37.
  • the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 40 is displayed sufficiently close to the environmental protection mark 34 as to not cause confusion with the company name and product origin indicated by the trade mark representation 33. Consequently, there is no recognition by the dealer/customer that the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 40 is related to the source of the contents of the plastics container 31.
  • the capacity of a plastics container 31 is 0.5L and the shape is octagonal in horizontal cross-section.
  • a wrap film sheet 45 is attached to a head portion 46 and a trunk portion 47 of a container body 42 using shrink pack.
  • a trade mark representation 43 is displayed on a portion of the wrap film sheet 45 located on the head portion 46.
  • an environmental protection mark 44 and an environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 50 are displayed on a portion of the wrap film sheet 45 located on the trunk portion 47.
  • the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 50 is displayed sufficiently close to the environmental protection mark 44 as to not cause confusion with the company name and product origin indicated by the trade mark representation 43. Consequently, there is no recognition by the dealer/customer that the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation 50 is related to the source of the contents of the plastics container 31.
  • a plastics container manufactured by a plastics container manufacturer 61 is delivered to a contents manufacturer, for example a soft drink manufacturer 62, and then dispatched from the soft drink manufacturer 62 to a final store 63 via the distribution channel.
  • the plastics container displayed on the counter of the store 63 is then purchased by a consumer 64. After the soft drink in the plastics container has been consumed, the remaining plastics container is collected.
  • the plastics container is collected by the store 63 or a collector 65. There is also the case where the plastics container collected by the store 63 is collected by the soft drink manufacturer 62.
  • the plastics container collected by the collector 65 is then collected by a local body 66 or a product reclaimer 67.
  • FIG. 9 shows a schematic diagram.
  • an enterprise which endorses a project for promoting protection of a natural and beautiful environment by a plastics container collection system is enrolled from amongst enterprises which endorse the ideology of promoting environmental protection.
  • This enterprise with an ideology which understands the collection system is then welcomed in as a sponsor.
  • a representation denoting an environmental protection cooperation organisation is inserted near an environmental protection mark of the plastics container, as an advertisement for a principle undertaking of the sponsor.
  • a system management undertaking body for managing the system levies advertising rates (i) from the sponsors.
  • the system management undertaking body solicits cooperation of soft drink manufacturers and enterprises which endorse the environmental protection project. A request is then made to the enterprise which supports the cooperation to affix the beforementioned environmental protection mark to the plastics container which has been filled with soft drink manufactured by the company.
  • the manufacturer which receives this request for example company A, B or C then pays a fee (ii) and the actual expense for producing the environmental protection mark and the environmental protection cooperation organisation representation.
  • the raw materials or the funds for environmental protection support which have been donated to the local body in this way, can be effectively used as funds for environmental protection activities.
  • the local body can promote collection projects for not only plastics containers but also for other products.
  • the local body supports the plastics container collection project.
  • environmental protection creative activities which are kind to the earth can be carried out, enabling the formation of living space amenable to general living as well as space for social activities.
  • the contents of the plastics container may, instead of soft drink, be a liquid such as an alcoholic liquor, or sauces or the like.
  • the claims of the present invention are not limited by the contents of the plastics container.

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