Nutritional components in dairy products are photosensitive, making them susceptible to light degradation • Light protection in dairy packaging helps maintain product integrity and extend shelf life A LIGHT BLOCKING SOLUTION THAT PROVIDES: • Light blocking and whiteness in PET dairy packaging • Protection from 2 weeks up to 12 months shelf life • Compatibility with monolayer and multilayer PET preforms • Full compatibility with rPET • Food contact approved (region dependent) • Low TiO₂ levels to increase recyclability, aligning with the emergence of white recycle streams PASTEURIZED MILK Typical shelf life 5–10 days WHITE COLOR LACTRA ESL LACTRA SX or LACTRA 4 EXTENDED SHELF LIFE MILK 2 weeks–3 months UHT MILK & PRODUCTS 4–12 months Lightweighting/CO2 reduction Reduced LDR – material & cost savings Improved processing performance BENEFITS OF COLORMATRIX™ LACTRA™ Improved bottle Compatibility with rPET Helps to Protect Performance Energy efficiency Whiteness 85–92 L* 30% less life cycle emissions Increased machinery life cycle due to reduced wear & tear 80–100% light blocking © 2024, All Rights Reserved Avient Corporation, 33587 Walker Road, Avon Lake, Ohio USA 44012

As a result, stakeholders across the plastics value chain in Germany expect PET juice bottles that were previously not entering the bottle-to-bottle recycling stream, to now do so, significantly increasing the amount of rPET in bottle applications than are already present in the market.  SmartHeat RHC, for example, is a process aid for use in PET bottles and is particularly beneficial when using rPET. A focus on R&D 

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The European Union has encouraged and acted on the need for circular packaging by implementing many initiatives, including mandating legislation in order to achieve an ambitious target of 25% rPET being utilized in PET packaging by the year 2025, and then scaling this figure up to 30% for the overall plastic packaging industry by 2030.1 With 47% of PET demand in Europe used to produce bottles,2 it is no surprise PET has long been at the center of this green revolution. Scenarios for 2030 predict that of the 1300kt of PET material coming from PET bottles collected from the market yearly, between 20 to 30% will be colored bottles;2 these will enter their respective sorting and collection systems to ultimately produce rPET material that will be fed as new raw material for non-food PET applications. TECHNICAL BULLETIN 1 How to keep a sustainable PET recycling industry in Europe - EPBP - European PET Bottle Platform 2 How circular is PET?

ColorMatrix™ Lactra™ SX Light Blocking Additive for PET Our surface friction reducing process aid allows for higher levels of rPET to be used. Oxygen Scavenger for PET: Amosorb™

ColorMatrix AAnchor is an acetaldehyde control technology developed to address the challenges associated with increased rPET content in PET packaging. For PET and rPET preforms in food and beverage packaging Enable increased rPET content

CLEVELAND – June 23, 2020 – PolyOne today launched ColorMatrix™ AAzure™ Acetaldehyde Control Additive, a process aid for PET and recycled PET (rPET) preforms with added acetaldehyde (AA) control capabilities. The increased use of rPET in PET bottles can lead to increased AA levels, but can also compromise bottle mechanical strength and create blowouts, both of which reduce productivity and increase scrap rates. The EU Council recently adopted a directive which requires PET bottles to include 30 percent of rPET by 2030.

ColorMatrix Amosorb 4020L is specifically formulated for use with recycled PET (rPET). Compatible with rPET (recommended for >25% rPET content) Discover ColorMatrix™ Amosorb™ 4020L, the oxygen scavenging additive for PET that reduces haze, improves recyclability, and is fully compatible with rPET.

TECHNICAL BULLETIN ColorMatrix™ Joule™ RHB Fast Reheat Dispersions Handling and Usage ColorMatrix™ Joule™ dispersion fast reheat products are intended for use in PET (bottle polymer) production processes in the manufacturing of CSD 0.82IV reheat polymers and are used successfully throughout the world on all types of PET production technologies. Joule RHB products have also been found to have a synergistic and beneficial processing effect with use of rPET, not only in masking the color during recycling but also in enabling high levels of rPET to be successfully incorporated in preforms. Joule additive is available as a 10% concentrated dispersion, made up solely of 10% active component with 90% PET grade mono ethylene glycol (MEG).

COLORMATRIX™ rePrize™ Liquid dispersion chain extender for PET monolayer, multilayer and foamed sheet ColorMatrix™ rePrize™ is a PET and PC compatible formulated liquid dispersion chain extender. rePrize can be used to replace virgin PET in PET sheet, when virgin PET is used in combination with PCR flake or regrind, to increase the IV. This results in an increase in both the polymer intrinsic and melt viscosity. rePrize is suited to applications in: • PET monolayer sheet • PET multilayered sheet • PET foamed sheet rePrize can be used to optimise sheet manufacturing processes and product quality, whilst allowing for increased levels of recycle, contributing towards improved sustainability and reduced costs PRODUCT DESCRIPTION GLOBAL REGULATORY APPROVALS PRODUCT FDA EU GB MERCOSUR rePrize • • • • 1.844.4AVIENT www.avient.com Copyright © 2020, Avient Corporation.