27 Jul 2023 --- Alpla is now operating its recycling activities under the brand Alplarecycling. Alpla has been investing in building up its recycling capacities since 2005. The plastic packaging company now operates 13 plants, including four joint ventures with regional partners, aiming to process 25% of its post-consumer recyclate (PCR) by 2025. “Under the brand Alplarecycling, all activities and efforts of the company in the recycling sector are consolidated. PET and HDPE are [the materials] recycled,” Lukas Österle, senior sustainability communications manager at Alpla, tells Packaging Insights. “The goal of achieving 25% PCR material is linked to the Global Commitment of the New Plastics Economy, which Alpla signed in 2018. This means that the proportion of processed PCR materials in the overall material input is intended to reach 25% by 2025. Currently, this value stands at 20%.”
