APR recognizes that packaging innovation drives the growth of bottles available for recycling and growth of supply of bottles is essential to the well-being of the plastic bottle recycling industry. APR also recognizes that some innovations may create bottles that present technical challenges for recycling.

This document is a subset of a larger Applications Guidance Document that provides additional guidance on testing final applications including bottles. As such, this Critical Guidance does not address the detailed questions about bottle making or other applications making and performance. Those evaluations should be conducted after the innovator is satisfied that the innovation has satisfied the intent of the guidance here offered.

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