{"id":71485,"date":"2020-02-11T07:23:51","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T06:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=71485"},"modified":"2020-02-06T12:54:59","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T11:54:59","slug":"perrier-brings-some-sparkle-into-the-war-on-plastic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/perrier-brings-some-sparkle-into-the-war-on-plastic\/","title":{"rendered":"Perrier Brings Some Sparkle Into The War On Plastic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The world is at war with plastic, for killing our marine life, polluting our rivers, littering our towns and countryside. According to McKinsey, if plastic follows its current trajectory, global plastic waste volumes will grown from 260 million tons a year in 2016 to 460 million tons by 2030.<\/p>\n

Supermarkets around the world have responded to global pressure to reduce plastics by getting rid of as much of it as possible. Tesco recently announced it would stop selling multipacks of tins wrapped in single-use plastic while it is removing plastic from its own brand products.<\/p>\n

It is more complicated for drinks manufacturers such as Perrier<\/a>, whose brand identity depends on its iconic packaging and uses high levels of PET. Philippe Gallard, International Business Unit Director at Perrier, says, \u201cWe use a range of materials for our packaging including glass, aluminium and plastics. PET is also a fully recyclable material that can be widely recycled into multiple products\u00a0including bottles.\u201d<\/p>\n

He points out that plastics offer a unique combination\u00a0of malleability, availability, hygiene and safety.<\/p>\n

This week, at the Change Now summit<\/a> in Paris, Perrier announced that it would be working with three small startups on three innovative kinds of packaging. Perrier intends to act as an incubator, supporting researchers, start-ups, public institutions, and NGOs, in inventing greener packaging solutions and new technologies and innovations. The French company will invest up to one million euros in three projects, due to be launched by 2025.<\/p>\n

Biotic is a bio-based and biodegradable plastic, produced from agricultural waste. The project, which is based in Africa, is helping to create well-paid jobs for women in areas where these are not often found.<\/p>\n

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Flexikeg & Perrier is a collaboration which will deliver beverages like water in an innovative and re-usable flexible keg, using less plastic and creating lower carbon emissions in manufacturing. A mix of high and low-tech solutions are on offer at PlastiSkul, which is setting up micro factories to transform waste into usable materials in a way that can be easily adopted in developing countries. The idea is to bring this out to the community, with an education and training program for local entrepreneurs.<\/p>\n

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