Aldi UK has been at the forefront of many efforts to advance sustainability and reduce the carbon footprint of its product packaging. Image: Aldi
The latest RECOUP survey of UK recycling trends indicates that only about 7 percent of the estimated 341,000 tonnes of plastic film and flexibles placed on the market in 2022 was actually collected for recycling. Image:RECOUP
Greenback Recycling Technologies has developed AI-powered software called eco2Veritas to track and certify the amount of flexible plastic collected, show how much of it is sorted and into which polymers and finally, how much is reprocessed and into what end products. Image: Greenback
The Flexible Plastic Fund launched in May 2021 with five major brand owners – Mars, Mondelēz International, Nestlé, Pepsico and Unilever – as original members. Image: Flexible Plastic Fund
Germany-based Aldi is now the UK’s fourth-largest grocery retailer. Image: Aldi