Solo Cup Europe has joined together with Closed Loop London to produce recycled food-grade plastic for use in the manufacture of its products. Closed Loop London is known for its recycling solutions - the company collects discarded recyclable packaging materials, sorts, cleans and shreds it into tiny flakes that can be used to manufacture new products. The recycled material is sold to manufacturing companies, who in turn use it for new packaging materials, thereby “closing the loop” and preventing unnecessary waste.
This partnership will cause Solo Cup Europe to be first company on the market with “a range of fully recycled and recyclable disposable products”. The step-change is expected to have a huge impact in the manufacturing of UK food disposables.
At the recent launch of the new Closed Loop London facility, managing director of Solo Cup Europe Tony Waters said: “Obtaining food-grade recycled PET plastic from a UK source is what is significant about this agreement.
“We have decided against supply from sources outside the UK and of non-food grade in favour of championing the closed loop principle.
“This way packaging used for food products will be recycled back into packaging for food products.”
Chris Dow, Managing director of Closed Loop London, applauded Solo Cup Europe’s vision and commitment at the launch by saying: “It is the vision and commitment of companies like Solo Cup Europe that have made this new facility happen.
“They understood the system and committed right from the outset.”
For more information, log on to: solocupeurope.co.uk or visyclosedloop.com.
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