Welcome to the Plastics Weekly, NEO’s regular news monitoring of the plastics industry.
This week’s highlights:
- Eight out of ten people want a global ban on single-use plastics, according to a new survey. The polling, carried out by Ipsos and commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund and the Plastic Free Foundation, also found that 87% of respondents support reducing global plastic production. The survey engaged more than 24,000 people in 32 countries. The findings came in advance of the fourth round of the United Nations plastic treaty negotiations, which will take take place in Canada later this month. (Forbes)
- Popular athletic apparel company lululemon has launched its first-ever product made from recycled polyester and captured carbon. The company said its Packable Anorak jacket is a “key milestone” for textile recycling and for lululemon’s efforts to create a circular ecosystem. The company has set a number of sustainable materials goals, including sourcing at least 75% recycled polyester by 2025, making 100% of its products from materials with improved environmental or social sustainability outcomes, and advancing a circular ecosystem by 2030. (ESG Today)
- Coca-Cola has introduced bottles made from 100% recycled plastic in Hong Kong in a bid to cut down on its environmental footprint. The rPET for the 500 ml bottles is produced by Indonesian plastics recycler Amandina Bumi Nusantara. Coca-Cola said this move would help it to achieve its goal of collecting and recycling every bottle and every can that it produces by 2030. (South China Morning Post)