
The UK Plastics Pact is a unique collaboration which brings together businesses from across the entire plastics value chain with UK governments and NGOs. Read on to see why our members have signed up to take action on this crucial issue:
British Retail Consortium, Director of Food and Sustainability, Andrew Opie, said: “Major retailers will be at the heart of The UK Plastics Pact to help drive innovation in reducing and re-using plastics. The UK retail industry is leading the way in protecting the environment by reducing single-use plastic – taking over 2 billion plastic cotton buds from the market each year and phasing out plastic straws. We want to see a holistic approach to the environment and resources rather than shifting from single issue to single issue, so we welcome this comprehensive approach and the opportunity to work with other link-minded groups to tackle this problem together.”
Britvic, Chief Marketing Officer, Matt Barwell, said: “This is an extremely important issue and we take our responsibility to help protect the environment incredibly seriously. By signing up to this Pact, we are committing to work collaboratively with our industry peers, government and the waste management sector to make meaningful and essential changes now.
“Already, all our PET plastic bottles are fully recyclable in the UK recycling system and carry the on-pack-recycling-label to encourage our consumers to recycle. In 2017 we removed 308 tonnes of primary plastic bottle packaging from our supply chain by moving products onto our new bottling lines and accessing lighter weight bottles.
“Looking to the future of packaging, we are currently trialling the use of recycled plastic (rPET) in our bottles to help us achieve our aim of significantly increasing the amount of rPET we use. At the same time, we continue to invest in R&D to investigate the use of alternative sustainable materials to package our products.”