The country plans to achieve this without implementing a deposit system, although restrictions on exporting plastic waste to China and other Asian countries present their own challenges.
Post-life carbon fiber is viewed as such a valuable commodity nowadays that companies are reportedly going around hunting for 30-year-old aircraft parts.
Up to £60 million ($74 million) of new funding has been released to develop sustainable packaging, including by transforming “food scraps into environmentally friendly plastic bags and cups.”
Nathan Wiker, the company’s Global Market Lead and North America Group Marketing Director, sat down with PlasticsToday to discuss plastics, packaging, sustainability and more.
In addition to separate collection and proper sorting of trays and other PET sheet-based products, appropriate design for recycling is needed to boost circularity.
Working with Coca-Cola’s Cross Enterprise Procurement Group, Loop Industries (Montréal) will supply 100% recycled and sustainable PET plastic from its joint venture facility with Indorama Ventures in the United States to authorized Coca-Cola bottlers.
