These facilities are Berry’s Heanor (UK), Steinfeld (Germany) and Zdzieszowice (Poland) plants.
Berry Global estimated that the amount of recycled plastic content across its European sites will increase *by approximately “6,600 metric tonnes” a year.
According to the company, this expansion will enable it to help meet the growing demand for “high-performance films” made with recycled content. It is also expected to increase the quality of recyclate used across Berry’s B Circular Range of flexible film solutions.
Investment
Tony Nawar, vice president for sustainability, innovation and strategy for Berry Global’s flexibles division, said: “As part of Berry’s Impact 2025 sustainability strategy, we are committed to helping our customers meet and exceed their sustainability goals.
“This latest investment in capacity, and the ability to include high-quality recycled content into our films, enables customers to meet both market demands and current and forthcoming legislative requirements.”
Product
The company highlighted that its Sustane range of recycled polymers are “suitable for use in a wide variety of applications where prime polymers were previously used”.
Additionally, it states that Sustane polymers are third-party accredited to confirm authenticity of chain of custody claims, “providing customers with traceability and reassurance about their origin”.
According to Berry Global, many of the products produced at Berry’s European films facilities now contain “more than 30% recycled content”, such as Stretch Hood, NorDiVent vented sacks, FormiFor compression film, and peat film for gardening substrates.
Berry aims to achieve 30% recycled content options across all its European flexible films by 2025.
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