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Frucor Suntory makes plastic pack pledge
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FRUCOR Suntory has made new packaging sustainability com- mitments that will see it intro- duce recycled plastic sourced from Australia and New Zea- land for its water, juice and carbonated soft drink bottles.
The plan will significantly in- crease the beverage manufactur- er’s use of post-consumer recy- cled material so that by the end of 2019, all water bottles will be made from at least 50 per cent re- cycled PET (rPET) bottles – with at least 10 per cent of the recy- cled material sourced locally.
By 2030, Frucor Suntory will use 100 per cent rPET for all water and juice bottles and 50 per cent rPET for carbonated soft drink bottles.
At least 25 per cent of the recy- cled plastic will be sourced from Australia and New Zealand.
The move represents a major step forward in maximising the lifecycle of PET plastic in Australasia and supporting the shift to a circular economy.
Other targets that are part of the company’s new packaging sustainability commitments
include developing the lightest 600ml water bottle in Aus- tralasia, using at least 60 per cent recycled material in all packaging and becoming zero land- fill across all sites.
Earlier this year,
Frucor Suntory made a com- mitment to using 100 per cent reusable, recyclable or com- postable packaging by 2025 as part of the New Zealand Plastic Packaging Declaration. ■
Pact commits to 2025
IN its full-year results, Pact announced the Pact 2025 initiative, which commits the company to eliminating all non-recyclable packaging; implementing solutions for reducing, reusing and recy- cling all single-use secondary packaging in supermarkets; and offering 30 per cent recycled content across its en- tire packaging portfolio.
According to CEO Malcolm Bundey, as the largest processor
and consumer of post-industrial recycled resin in Australia and New Zealand, Pact Group is already playing a part in build- ing a more sustainable industry (see box below).
“We have a shared responsi- bility to protect the environ- ment, and I am proud of Pact’s contribution. We are large recy- clers and use recycled materi- als in many of the products we make,” he said.
“Pact 2025 is a bold aspira-
tion and it sets the Group clear targets to continue to reduce waste and minimise environ- mental impacts.”
In the year ending 30 June 2018, Pact Group sales revenue increased 13 per cent over the 2017 financial year; however, net profit after tax before sig- nificant items dropped five per cent to $95 million.
Bundey attributed this to the costs of raw materials and energy, among other factors. ■
NZ DAIRY STEPS UP WITH RPET
NEW ZEALAND-based milk producer Lewis Road Creamery has moved to 100 per cent recycled PET (rPET) bottles from Pact Group subsidiary company Alto Packaging.
Lewis Road’s 750ml and 1.5-litre bottles for both white and flavoured milk are switching to rPET, with the transition expected to be completed by mid-September.
“Pact is proud to have designed and manu- factured these bottles,” said Malcolm Bundey, managing director and CEO of Pact Group.
“We are excited to be in partnership with Lewis Road and part of their journey to become New Zealand’s first milk producer to switch to using entirely recycled materials for these two products.”
“We are embracing the drive toward a circular economy for plastics because it helps demonstrate our overarching commitment to sustainable materials management,” he said.
Lewis Road is the first milk producer to sign the New Zealand Packaging Declaration, committing to 100 per cent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging by 2025.
Peter Cullinane, founder of Lewis Road,
says moving to rPET is an important step towards that goal. “We know the dairy industry uses a lot of plastic and we want to take responsibility for our share of that,” he said. “Changing to a recycled plastic that can be recycled again and again is our first step.”