One of the most pressing challenges in achieving a circular economy for packaging is to improve the sorting of post-consumer waste by accurately identifying recyclable packaging, resulting in more efficient and higher-quality recycling. ‘The current low EU recycling rates are mainly related to lack of infrastructure/collection schemes and consumer participation, next to inefficient sorting,’ says Gian De Belder, technical director of packaging sustainability at Procter & Gamble. ‘We want to bring the solution for the latter.’
‘Effective sorting of waste is a barrier to wider recycling of packaging materials in Europe,’ agrees Silviu Popovici, CEO of PepsiCo Europe. ‘This industry-wide challenge can only be resolved by working together for a system-wide solution.’
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Driscoll’s, the world’s fresh berry leader, today joins The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment to help advance its pledge to prioritize sustainable packaging solutions that protect fresh berries while minimizing an environmental impact. The New Plastics Economy Global Commitment is led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation in collaboration with the UN Environment Programme, and unites more than 500 signatories behind a common vision of a circular economy for plastic, in which plastics stay in the economy and out of the environment.
“Better berries deserve better packaging. We have the opportunity to collaborate with many of the world’s leading brands throughout the journey to sustainable packaging in order to achieve scalable and economically viable solutions,” said J. Miles Reiter, Driscoll’s Chairman and CEO. “Signing the Global Commitment elevates our existing work by holding us to a higher standard, and serves a
A new plastics waste deal can help Kenya contain pollution
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Kenya’s ban on production, sale and use of plastic carrier bags in 2017 is considered one of the sternest in the world and whose success rate is now recorded at approximately 80 percent.
The country has since made tremendous strides in the fight against plastic pollution, with a ban on specific single-use plastics in all protected areas taking effect from June 2020.
There are also ongoing and ambitious plastics initiatives such as the Kenya Plastic Action Plan and the development of the Kenya Extended Producer Responsibility Organization (KEPRO).
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Plastimagen puts the spotlight on plastic bans in North America
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Mexico City Bans on single-use plastics are spreading in North America including Mexico and the issue was in the spotlight at the Plastimagen Light trade show.
Tony Radoszewski, president and CEO of the Washington-based Plastics Industry Association, launched a stinging attack on absurd plastics bans in North America March 23 and urged the industry to work harder to protect jobs and the general public.
Campaigns branding plastics as toxic, as is happening in Canada, and state- and federal-level bans in the United States had intensified since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Radoszewski said.