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Sustainability review 2010
Plastipak has been in the recycling business for 25 years.
It recycles over a billion containers a year in Europe, and over
5 billion worldwide in the last five years. The company invests
in lightweighting its’ packaging without compromising quality,
and aims to grow its recycling content to almost 80%. “There
is a limit to the process, however,” William Young points out,
“because we do not want the use of renewable materials to
ultimately affect the food chain.” Refresco currently purchases
approximately 25% of their PET requirements from Plastipak,
with over 40% currently produced with recycled content.
“We are engaged in the promotion of collection systems, and
via our customers establish partnerships with consumers. This
could offer a win­win situation, not only benefiting the environment,
but also helping to reduce unemployment, because it
would require more people to handle these collection processes.”
The future offers a wealth of opportunities for both companies,
William Young believes. He views Refresco as a consolidator of
beverage companies and very innovative. “We realize that we
have to earn our position as we go forward. We will continue
to build trust, with a lot of hard work. This also means we have
to have a lot of flexibility in packaging solutions, optimizing
our sustainable supply chain.” He sees opportunities where
Refresco is expanding its production in more sensitive
beverage products. “We can bring value here with some of
our advanced filling technologies, which can make a huge
difference to the bottom line of strategic partners – of which
Refresco is a leader”.