{"id":99102,"date":"2021-10-21T07:35:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T05:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/?p=99102"},"modified":"2021-10-19T12:16:07","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T10:16:07","slug":"deal-with-nestle-sees-first-plant-in-mexico-for-full-circularity-of-food-grade-plastic-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renewable-carbon.eu\/news\/deal-with-nestle-sees-first-plant-in-mexico-for-full-circularity-of-food-grade-plastic-packaging\/","title":{"rendered":"Deal with Nestl\u00e9 sees first plant in Mexico for full circularity of food grade plastic packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>In&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;phase,&nbsp;the&nbsp;project&nbsp;will&nbsp;process&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;6,000&nbsp;tons&nbsp;of&nbsp;flexible&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;in&nbsp;year&nbsp;one.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Nestl\u00e9&nbsp;Mexico&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;consumer&nbsp;goods&nbsp;company&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;country&nbsp;to&nbsp;back&nbsp;the&nbsp;circular&nbsp;economy&nbsp;by&nbsp;guaranteeingaccess&nbsp;to&nbsp;recycled&nbsp;food-grade&nbsp;plastics.<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Nestl\u00e9&nbsp;Mexico&nbsp;announced&nbsp;the&nbsp;signing&nbsp;of&nbsp;an&nbsp;agreement,&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;outside&nbsp;Europe,&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;UK&nbsp;company,&nbsp;GreenbackRecycling&nbsp;Technologies,&nbsp;to&nbsp;install&nbsp;a&nbsp;chemical&nbsp;recycling&nbsp;plant&nbsp;capable&nbsp;of&nbsp;processing&nbsp;flexible&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;packaging.&nbsp;This&nbsp;willaddress&nbsp;the&nbsp;challenge&nbsp;of&nbsp;post-consumer&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;waste&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;to&nbsp;recycle&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;country,&nbsp;thus&nbsp;contributing&nbsp;to promoting&nbsp;a&nbsp;circular&nbsp;economy.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wixstatic.com\/media\/76f8b2_1c35ef9c577647ae8b1181343eb0d249~mv2.jpg\/v1\/fit\/w_750,h_657,al_c,q_20\/file.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-5a4oc\">The&nbsp;plant&nbsp;will&nbsp;employ&nbsp;an&nbsp;innovative&nbsp;microwave-induced&nbsp;pyrolysis&nbsp;technology&nbsp;(developed&nbsp;by&nbsp;Enval,&nbsp;a&nbsp;UK&nbsp;chemicalrecycling&nbsp;company)&nbsp;to&nbsp;transform&nbsp;valueless&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;into&nbsp;pyrolysis&nbsp;oil&nbsp;that&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;used&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;petrochemicalindustry&nbsp;to&nbsp;manufacture&nbsp;new&nbsp;products&nbsp;with&nbsp;post-consumer&nbsp;recycled&nbsp;content.&nbsp;Enval\u2019s&nbsp;technology&nbsp;is&nbsp;unique&nbsp;in&nbsp;that&nbsp;it&nbsp;alsoallows&nbsp;the&nbsp;recycling&nbsp;of&nbsp;aluminum&nbsp;from&nbsp;ultra-effective&nbsp;but&nbsp;hitherto&nbsp;impossible-to-recycle&nbsp;packaging.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-60iie\">The&nbsp;ambitious&nbsp;project&nbsp;will&nbsp;enable&nbsp;circularity&nbsp;of&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;6,000&nbsp;tons&nbsp;of&nbsp;flexible&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;year,&nbsp;withexpected&nbsp;sustained&nbsp;growth&nbsp;in&nbsp;both&nbsp;volume&nbsp;and&nbsp;installed&nbsp;capacity&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;country.&nbsp;In&nbsp;addition,&nbsp;Nestl\u00e9&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;investing&nbsp;inthe&nbsp;adaptation&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Mexican&nbsp;waste&nbsp;ecosystem&nbsp;and&nbsp;market&nbsp;of&nbsp;Greenback&#8217;s&nbsp;eco2Veritas&nbsp;Circularity&nbsp;Platform,&nbsp;whichprovides&nbsp;complete&nbsp;traceability&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;neutralisation&nbsp;and&nbsp;recycling&nbsp;process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-1o54p\">&#8220;Making&nbsp;safe&nbsp;recycled&nbsp;plastics&nbsp;for&nbsp;food&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;huge&nbsp;challenge&nbsp;for&nbsp;our&nbsp;industry.&nbsp;Therefore,&nbsp;in&nbsp;addition&nbsp;tominimising&nbsp;the&nbsp;use&nbsp;of&nbsp;plastics&nbsp;and&nbsp;collecting&nbsp;waste,&nbsp;we&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;close&nbsp;the&nbsp;loop&nbsp;and&nbsp;make&nbsp;more&nbsp;plastics&nbsp;infinitelyrecyclable.&nbsp;This&nbsp;project&nbsp;with&nbsp;Greenback&nbsp;and&nbsp;Enval&nbsp;fully&nbsp;supports&nbsp;the&nbsp;mission&nbsp;of&nbsp;ensuring&nbsp;that&nbsp;our&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;isnot&nbsp;only&nbsp;recyclable,&nbsp;but&nbsp;actually&nbsp;recycled;&nbsp;it&nbsp;ensures&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;drastically&nbsp;reducing&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;waste&nbsp;pollution&nbsp;andsupports&nbsp;our&nbsp;work&nbsp;with&nbsp;local&nbsp;communities,&#8221;&nbsp;commented&nbsp;Fausto&nbsp;Costa,&nbsp;CEO&nbsp;at&nbsp;Nestl\u00e9&nbsp;Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-bpvop\">The&nbsp;Swiss&nbsp;company&#8217;s&nbsp;alliance&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;advanced&nbsp;recycling&nbsp;technology&nbsp;companies&nbsp;(focused&nbsp;on&nbsp;certified&nbsp;circularsolutions&nbsp;for&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;waste)&nbsp;is&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;objective&nbsp;of&nbsp;reducing&nbsp;its&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;footprint&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;environment&nbsp;andcontinuing&nbsp;the&nbsp;path&nbsp;towards&nbsp;the&nbsp;goal&nbsp;of&nbsp;achieving&nbsp;a&nbsp;waste-free&nbsp;future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-buvha\">Philippe&nbsp;von&nbsp;Stauffenberg,&nbsp;founder&nbsp;and&nbsp;CEO&nbsp;of&nbsp;Greenback,&nbsp;said:&nbsp;&#8220;This&nbsp;project&nbsp;in&nbsp;Mexico&nbsp;will&nbsp;tackle&nbsp;the&nbsp;unresolvedproblem&nbsp;of&nbsp;turning&nbsp;multi-laminate&nbsp;and&nbsp;mixed&nbsp;plastics&nbsp;that&nbsp;are&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;to&nbsp;recycle&nbsp;into&nbsp;a&nbsp;recyclable&nbsp;waste&nbsp;stream.&nbsp;Theaim&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;the&nbsp;challenges&nbsp;that&nbsp;exist&nbsp;in&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;recycling,&nbsp;transforming&nbsp;these&nbsp;waste&nbsp;resources&nbsp;into&nbsp;pyrolysis&nbsp;oilthat&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;used&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;manufacture&nbsp;of&nbsp;certified&nbsp;recycled&nbsp;food-grade&nbsp;packaging.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-fkkeo\">Carlos Ludlow, founder and CEO of Enval commented: &#8220;This project with Nestle Mexico and Greenback shows the importance of teamwork between companies from different parts of the value chain to face the challenge of plastics in the environment. At Enval, we know that plastics are not the enemy but are materials that improve our lives but must not end up as pollution. We are very pleased to know that our first plant, in collaboration with a company as recognized as Nestle and in partnership with Greenback, will soon be operational in Mexico.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"viewer-bskrh\">In&nbsp;April&nbsp;2021,&nbsp;Nestl\u00e9&nbsp;Mexico&nbsp;became&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;company&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;country&nbsp;to&nbsp;neutralise&nbsp;all&nbsp;the&nbsp;equivalent&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;from&nbsp;itspost-consumer&nbsp;waste,&nbsp;on&nbsp;a&nbsp;voluntary&nbsp;basis.&nbsp;With&nbsp;this&nbsp;new&nbsp;agreement,&nbsp;the&nbsp;world&#8217;s&nbsp;leading&nbsp;company&nbsp;in&nbsp;Nutrition,&nbsp;Healthand&nbsp;Wellness&nbsp;endorses&nbsp;its&nbsp;commitment&nbsp;to&nbsp;make&nbsp;use&nbsp;of&nbsp;innovation&nbsp;and&nbsp;technology&nbsp;to&nbsp;move&nbsp;from&nbsp;virgin&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;torecycled&nbsp;food-grade&nbsp;plastic,&nbsp;in&nbsp;line&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;vision&nbsp;of&nbsp;finding&nbsp;effective&nbsp;solutions&nbsp;to&nbsp;prevent&nbsp;its&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;from&nbsp;endingup&nbsp;in&nbsp;landfills&nbsp;or&nbsp;as&nbsp;garbage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;phase,&nbsp;the&nbsp;project&nbsp;will&nbsp;process&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;6,000&nbsp;tons&nbsp;of&nbsp;flexible&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;in&nbsp;year&nbsp;one. Nestl\u00e9&nbsp;Mexico&nbsp;is&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;consumer&nbsp;goods&nbsp;company&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;country&nbsp;to&nbsp;back&nbsp;the&nbsp;circular&nbsp;economy&nbsp;by&nbsp;guaranteeingaccess&nbsp;to&nbsp;recycled&nbsp;food-grade&nbsp;plastics. Nestl\u00e9&nbsp;Mexico&nbsp;announced&nbsp;the&nbsp;signing&nbsp;of&nbsp;an&nbsp;agreement,&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;outside&nbsp;Europe,&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;UK&nbsp;company,&nbsp;GreenbackRecycling&nbsp;Technologies,&nbsp;to&nbsp;install&nbsp;a&nbsp;chemical&nbsp;recycling&nbsp;plant&nbsp;capable&nbsp;of&nbsp;processing&nbsp;flexible&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;packaging.&nbsp;This&nbsp;willaddress&nbsp;the&nbsp;challenge&nbsp;of&nbsp;post-consumer&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;waste&nbsp;that&nbsp;is&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;to&nbsp;recycle&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;country,&nbsp;thus&nbsp;contributing&nbsp;to promoting&nbsp;a&nbsp;circular&nbsp;economy.&nbsp; The&nbsp;plant&nbsp;will&nbsp;employ&nbsp;an&nbsp;innovative&nbsp;microwave-induced&nbsp;pyrolysis&nbsp;technology&nbsp;(developed&nbsp;by&nbsp;Enval,&nbsp;a&nbsp;UK&nbsp;chemicalrecycling&nbsp;company)&nbsp;to&nbsp;transform&nbsp;valueless&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;into&nbsp;pyrolysis&nbsp;oil&nbsp;that&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;used&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;petrochemicalindustry&nbsp;to&nbsp;manufacture&nbsp;new&nbsp;products&nbsp;with&nbsp;post-consumer&nbsp;recycled&nbsp;content.&nbsp;Enval\u2019s&nbsp;technology&nbsp;is&nbsp;unique&nbsp;in&nbsp;that&nbsp;it&nbsp;alsoallows&nbsp;the&nbsp;recycling&nbsp;of&nbsp;aluminum&nbsp;from&nbsp;ultra-effective&nbsp;but&nbsp;hitherto&nbsp;impossible-to-recycle&nbsp;packaging.&nbsp; The&nbsp;ambitious&nbsp;project&nbsp;will&nbsp;enable&nbsp;circularity&nbsp;of&nbsp;up&nbsp;to&nbsp;6,000&nbsp;tons&nbsp;of&nbsp;flexible&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;first&nbsp;year,&nbsp;withexpected&nbsp;sustained&nbsp;growth&nbsp;in&nbsp;both&nbsp;volume&nbsp;and&nbsp;installed&nbsp;capacity&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;country.&nbsp;In&nbsp;addition,&nbsp;Nestl\u00e9&nbsp;will&nbsp;be&nbsp;investing&nbsp;inthe&nbsp;adaptation&nbsp;to&nbsp;the&nbsp;Mexican&nbsp;waste&nbsp;ecosystem&nbsp;and&nbsp;market&nbsp;of&nbsp;Greenback&#8217;s&nbsp;eco2Veritas&nbsp;Circularity&nbsp;Platform,&nbsp;whichprovides&nbsp;complete&nbsp;traceability&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;neutralisation&nbsp;and&nbsp;recycling&nbsp;process. &#8220;Making&nbsp;safe&nbsp;recycled&nbsp;plastics&nbsp;for&nbsp;food&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;huge&nbsp;challenge&nbsp;for&nbsp;our&nbsp;industry.&nbsp;Therefore,&nbsp;in&nbsp;addition&nbsp;tominimising&nbsp;the&nbsp;use&nbsp;of&nbsp;plastics&nbsp;and&nbsp;collecting&nbsp;waste,&nbsp;we&nbsp;want&nbsp;to&nbsp;close&nbsp;the&nbsp;loop&nbsp;and&nbsp;make&nbsp;more&nbsp;plastics&nbsp;infinitelyrecyclable.&nbsp;This&nbsp;project&nbsp;with&nbsp;Greenback&nbsp;and&nbsp;Enval&nbsp;fully&nbsp;supports&nbsp;the&nbsp;mission&nbsp;of&nbsp;ensuring&nbsp;that&nbsp;our&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;isnot&nbsp;only&nbsp;recyclable,&nbsp;but&nbsp;actually&nbsp;recycled;&nbsp;it&nbsp;ensures&nbsp;that&nbsp;we&nbsp;are&nbsp;drastically&nbsp;reducing&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;waste&nbsp;pollution&nbsp;andsupports&nbsp;our&nbsp;work&nbsp;with&nbsp;local&nbsp;communities,&#8221;&nbsp;commented&nbsp;Fausto&nbsp;Costa,&nbsp;CEO&nbsp;at&nbsp;Nestl\u00e9&nbsp;Mexico. The&nbsp;Swiss&nbsp;company&#8217;s&nbsp;alliance&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;advanced&nbsp;recycling&nbsp;technology&nbsp;companies&nbsp;(focused&nbsp;on&nbsp;certified&nbsp;circularsolutions&nbsp;for&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;waste)&nbsp;is&nbsp;part&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;objective&nbsp;of&nbsp;reducing&nbsp;its&nbsp;plastic&nbsp;footprint&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;environment&nbsp;andcontinuing&nbsp;the&nbsp;path&nbsp;towards&nbsp;the&nbsp;goal&nbsp;of&nbsp;achieving&nbsp;a&nbsp;waste-free&nbsp;future. Philippe&nbsp;von&nbsp;Stauffenberg,&nbsp;founder&nbsp;and&nbsp;CEO&nbsp;of&nbsp;Greenback,&nbsp;said:&nbsp;&#8220;This&nbsp;project&nbsp;in&nbsp;Mexico&nbsp;will&nbsp;tackle&nbsp;the&nbsp;unresolvedproblem&nbsp;of&nbsp;turning&nbsp;multi-laminate&nbsp;and&nbsp;mixed&nbsp;plastics&nbsp;that&nbsp;are&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;to&nbsp;recycle&nbsp;into&nbsp;a&nbsp;recyclable&nbsp;waste&nbsp;stream.&nbsp;Theaim&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;reduce&nbsp;the&nbsp;challenges&nbsp;that&nbsp;exist&nbsp;in&nbsp;packaging&nbsp;recycling,&nbsp;transforming&nbsp;these&nbsp;waste&nbsp;resources&nbsp;into&nbsp;pyrolysis&nbsp;oilthat&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;used&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;manufacture&nbsp;of&nbsp;certified&nbsp;recycled&nbsp;food-grade&nbsp;packaging.&#8221; Carlos Ludlow, founder and CEO of Enval commented: &#8220;This project with Nestle Mexico and Greenback shows the importance of teamwork between companies from different parts of the value chain to face the challenge of plastics in the environment. 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