PETpla.net Insider 06 / 2019

BOTTLE MAKING 49 PET planet Insider Vol. 20 No. 06/19 www.petpla.net Michael Hodges: In January 2018, Amcor announced a commitment to develop all our packaging to be recyclable or reusable by 2025. We also pledged to significantly increase our use of recycled materials and drive more recycling of packaging around the world. That pledge means that Amcor joined other leading companies, most of which are customers, who have made the same commitment in collaboration with the Ellen MacArthur Foundation New Plastics Economy initiative. PETplanet: Amcor signed the ‘Global Commit- ment’ in October 2018. What does it mean? Michael Hodges: The Global Commitment unites businesses and governments around the world to create a plastic system that works. It is a vision of a New Plastics Economy, where plastics never become waste. The Commitment encour- ages a “race to the top”, and is unprecedented in scope, involving producers, brands, retailers, investors, recyclers, as well as governments, NGOs, and others. The list of over 250 signatories includes many Amcor customers, such as The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Danone SA, Diageo, John- son and Johnson, L’Oréal, Mars Incorporated, Nestlé, and PepsiCo. PETplanet: Did your customers also express any reservations about the use of PET yet? Michael Hodges: Many of our customers have goals to address the environmental footprint packaging leaves behind if it isn’t properly collected. We are working with them to meet those objectives with innovative packaging, improved formats, better technologies and even more sustainable materials. We take a lifecycle approach to packaging design. This means select- ing the right raw materials, in the right quantities, to protect customer’ products and minimise environmental impact. For example, we use proprie- tary technologies to lightweight our bot- tles to reduce usage of raw materials, while maintaining protection of custom- ers’ products. We know that the environmental profile of the packaging we design and make, and the efficiency of our operations, must and will, constantly improve. PETplanet: Minimum content of rPET per bottle, tethered caps, recycla- bility and re-use – new regulations are constantly being introduced that focus on PET as a resource and which also demand environmentally responsible use of packaging. How do you keep IS STILL 50% TOO MUCH. 50% L SS P CK G NG The KHS solution for more sustainability: New avenues in packaging technology. We are continuously improving our packaging. By applying innovative technologies and swit- EJKPI QXGT VQ OQPQ OCVGTKCN RCEMCIKPI YG JCXG JCNXGF QWT RCEMKPI OCVGTKCNU QXGT VJG NCUV ƂXG [GCTU #PF YG CTG UQQP VQ VCMG CPQVJGT DKI UVGR HQTYCTF KP WUKPI PGY VJKPPGT V[RGU QH ƂNO www.khs.com