Plastics 2020 Challenge

Nextek Reveals Global Participants in Ground-breaking Project to Tackle Post-consumer Polypropylene Packaging

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Packaging, Cosmetics, Retail, Chemicals, Plastics, Environment, Manufacturing, Food, Beverage, Water conservation, Dielectrics, Materials, Organic polymers, Articles, Energy conservation, Plastics, Thermoplastics, Recycling, Plastic recycling, Polypropylene, Plastics 2020 Challenge

Following eight years extensive research, Nextek Ltd has launched a global multi-participant project (NEXTLOOPP) to address a missing link in the plastics recycling stream - Polypropylene (PP).

Key Points: 
  • Following eight years extensive research, Nextek Ltd has launched a global multi-participant project (NEXTLOOPP) to address a missing link in the plastics recycling stream - Polypropylene (PP).
  • Furthermore, the absence of food-grade recycled PP (FGrPP) means that all PP food packaging is currently made from virgin plastics.
  • Nextek is a global sustainability consultancy that offers strategic advice to regional and multi-national organisations and recycling companies.
  • Nextek launched NEXTLOOPP, a two-year multi-participant project, to close the loop on food-grade rPP.

Mondelēz International Commits to Reduction in Virgin Plastic Use to Combat Plastic Pollution

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Thursday, March 4, 2021
Dielectrics, Plastic, Materials, Plastic recycling, Water conservation, Goods economics), Plastic pollution, Articles, Plastics 2020 Challenge

While it already has a significantly below-sector-average use of plastics in its portfolio by weight, Mondelz International is demonstrating its resolve to continue to reduce plastic packaging.

Key Points: 
  • While it already has a significantly below-sector-average use of plastics in its portfolio by weight, Mondelz International is demonstrating its resolve to continue to reduce plastic packaging.
  • By 2025, the company aims for an at least 25% reduction in virgin plastic use in its rigid plastic packaging or a 5% reduction in virgin plastic use in its overall plastic packaging portfolio, assuming constant portfolio mix.
  • Our support for a more sustainable future for plastics is clear, said Dirk Van de Put, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, for Mondelz International.
  • In total, between 2019 and 2025, Mondelz International anticipates spending approximately $300 million in creating a sustainable future for plastics.

British Plastics Federation And UK Research And Innovation Launch Courses To Help Increase Plastic Recycling And Improve Sustainability

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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Water conservation, Articles, Natural environment, Recycling, Energy, British Plastics Federation, Sustainability, Plastic recycling, Plastic, Plastics 2020 Challenge, Biodegradable plastic

LONDON, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The British Plastics Federation (BPF) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are collaborating to support the UK's plastics supply chain in creating more sustainable and easy-to-recycle packaging.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The British Plastics Federation (BPF) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are collaborating to support the UK's plastics supply chain in creating more sustainable and easy-to-recycle packaging.
  • The joint initiative aims to drive the development of easy-to-recycle and resource efficient plastic packaging, which will help ensure more sustainable products are developed and used within the UK.
  • Governments across the world and the global plastics industry are looking at ways to reduce the impact of plastics on the environment.
  • The BPF has also released two new reports this week about sustainability and plastic recycling in the UK.

British Plastics Federation And UK Research And Innovation Launch Courses To Help Increase Plastic Recycling And Improve Sustainability

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Thursday, January 14, 2021
Water conservation, Articles, Natural environment, Recycling, Energy, British Plastics Federation, Sustainability, Plastic recycling, Plastic, Plastics 2020 Challenge, Biodegradable plastic

LONDON, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The British Plastics Federation (BPF) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are collaborating to support the UK's plastics supply chain in creating more sustainable and easy-to-recycle packaging.

Key Points: 
  • LONDON, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --The British Plastics Federation (BPF) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) are collaborating to support the UK's plastics supply chain in creating more sustainable and easy-to-recycle packaging.
  • The joint initiative aims to drive the development of easy-to-recycle and resource efficient plastic packaging, which will help ensure more sustainable products are developed and used within the UK.
  • Governments across the world and the global plastics industry are looking at ways to reduce the impact of plastics on the environment.
  • The BPF has also released two new reports this week about sustainability and plastic recycling in the UK.

­­Proposals to increase UK recycling of plastic food packaging

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Friday, July 24, 2020
Water conservation, Articles, Energy conservation, Energy, Recycling in the United Kingdom, Nature, Recycling, Plastic recycling, Plastic, Reuse, Plastics 2020 Challenge, Food packaging

In the UK, over 2.2 million tonnes of plastic packaging enter the consumer market each year.

Key Points: 
  • In the UK, over 2.2 million tonnes of plastic packaging enter the consumer market each year.
  • Much of this is used in the food sector because plastic packaging is cheap, light to transport, hygienic, and can be used to extend the products shelf-life.
  • In the UK around 46% of plastic packaging is collected for recycling, mostly through local authority collections.
  • This POSTbrief reviews proposals to Defra and HM Treasury to improve plastics recycling in the UK .
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    • In the UK, over 2.2 million tonnes of plastic packaging enter the consumer market each year.
    • Much of this is used in the food sector because plastic packaging is cheap, light to transport, hygienic, and can be used to extend the products shelf-life.
    • In the UK around 46% of plastic packaging is collected for recycling, mostly through local authority collections.
    • For example there is wide variation in plastic materials currently in the market.
    • Some widely used plastics are non-recyclable, while others complicate the recycling process.
    • The poor economics of recycling further complicate systems, often leading to the export of collected materials.
    • Finally the market for reusing recycled materials is limited, as often new (virgin) plastic is cheaper to make and of higher quality than recycled plastic.
    • Other countries such as France and Belgium have rejected such initiatives, due to concerns of inefficiency.