Faerch teams with Tesco for closed loop recycling initiative

November 10, 2021

The initiative will see Tesco back of store rigid trays collected, recycled and turned back into primary food contact trays or pots. According to Faerch, this is an industry first, not just in the UK, but right across Europe.

It is an example of the circular economy in action and demonstrates a collaboration towards achieving a true closed loop within food packaging. Tesco will be diverting 2,000 tonnes of retail ready packaging tray waste back into food packaging applications, using Eurokey’s (part of the Reconomy Group company), polymer sorting facility and Faerch’s tray recycling facility in the Netherlands, with the material used to make new food trays across Faerch’s production sites. Introducing initiatives such as this will support the growth of the recycling infrastructure within the UK and for local recycling.

There is a heavy reliance on the use of PET bottles in the production of PET trays. As companies respond to customer expectations and prepare for the UK Plastic Packaging Tax, demand for recycled bottle flake is expected to increase. Plastic pots, tubs and tray collection rates vs bottles is relatively poor and as a result this valuable material is lost from the packaging supply chain.

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