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France takes up the battle for plastic recycling

2023-03-10T19:10:59.561Z


DECRYPTION - The eco-organization Citeo has revealed the industrialists who will give a second life to this waste.


Yogurt pot, plastic bottle, pasta package and plastic tray.

Recycling these materials has been a challenge for years.

Who will take a big step forward.

Citeo, the eco-organization that manages packaging, has just announced the results of a large-scale call for tenders.

It launches

"the creation of new sustainable and robust recycling channels, allowing recycled materials to return to food contact

(putting food and drinks back into recycled material, Ed)

, which has always been a major challenge"

, welcomes the eco-organization.

The question of recycling plastic packaging has become central in France since the Agec law of 2019, and especially since the establishment by Brussels of the obligation to recycle by 2025, 50% of household plastic packaging.

However, if for PET bottles and vials, the effective recycling rate is around 60% in France, it drops to 11% for other plastic packaging.

The process…

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Source: lefigaro

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