This Infoclip illustrates is the production process of a suitcase made with recycled curbside collected plastic packaging waste. The shells are made of recycled polypropylene (PP) from Post-Consumer packaging and the inner liner is made from recycled plastic PET bottles.

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Infoclip: Circular economy - Recycling of plastic waste into travel suitcases

Title: Infoclip: Circular economy - Recycling of plastic waste into travel suitcases (I-180141) 

Communal plastic waste recycling plant - Archive footage (general footage not related to Samsonite)

<p>Interior, polypropene granulat in the colour mix for the suitcase production, 100% out of recycled plastic waste, used for the outside shells of the suitcases that are made from recycled polypropylene (PP) from post-consumer packaging,  S'ECO line of Samsonite, Oudenaarde, Belgium, </p>  <p>(7 shots)</p>

Shredding of shells that will not be used as final products due to colour blends when changing the colour in the moduls. The gained granulat is re-used for the production of  suitcase shells, (9 shots)

Moulding of suitcases in the recycled polypropene line, (3 shots)

Assembly line, fabrics of the S'cure ECO range are made from recyclexTM, a fabric made from 100 percent recycled PET water bottles,  (9 shots)

Exterior, Solar panels on the roof, (next to the heat exchanger pump - not in the image), (4 shots)

Interior, final products in the show room shop, woman adding bottle hangtag, informing about the fabric, indicating the amount of plastic bottels that had been recycled to produce this fabric on this specific travel item  (5 shots)