Recycling of plastics: Soprema Group launches its first raw material production unit from recycled PET
As part of its eco-sourcing strategy, the Soprema group is launching its first raw material production unit using recycled PET. With the support of ADEME, the French Environment Protection Agency, and CITEO and in line with the Government's ambitions for the recycling of plastic, Soprema is creating a new recycling sector and achieving a world first in the field of recycling PET trays.
Recycling of yogurt pots and other polystyrene packaging is developing
In line with French and European ambitions in the field of plastic recycling, Citeo, Total, Saint-Gobain and Syndifrais, the national union of manufacturers of fresh dairy products, launch the creation of an industrial polystyrene recycling industry in France, by 2020.
The partners announced it at the World Material Forum held in Nancy from 27 to 29 June 2018, with another voluntary commitment to recycling PET trays.