Au Quesnoy (Hauts-de-France)
Brand new lines from the Refresco plant in Quesnoy (Nord), near Valenciennes, thousands of briquettes and bottles of fruit juice (orange, apple, pineapple, etc.), teas and other fruity drinks are released every hour to supply brands of distributors (MDD) the shelves of Leclerc, Auchan, Carrefour, Lidl or Intermarché in the north of Paris.
In total, 12,000 liters of cardboard bricks come out every 60 minutes from this 32,000 m2 site which produces sodas and still drinks bearing the brand logos.
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But, despite the backdrop of growing plastic criticism, the plant also has two lines that blow and fill 50 to 100% recycled (rPET) bottles.
They will be used to bottle Tropicana and Lipton Ice Tea, two of the Pepsico brands for which Refresco is the bottler in France.
Because if the group makes 70% of its turnover in private labels, it also bottles the big brands of the beverage giants.
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