Enormous ecological potential of a bottle-to-bottle cycle for non-refillable PET bottles in Germany
90 percent less new plastic and 60,000 tons less CO2 per year: What would happen if PET bottles became PET bottles again? In a recent study commissioned by Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Germany, the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (ifeu), in cooperation with the Society for Packaging Market Research (GVM), investigated how high the ecological potential of a bottle-to-bottle cycle would be in Germany.
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97 percent of non-refillable PET bottles in Germany are returned via the deposit system. Currently, most of the high-quality food-grade PET material ends up in downcycling - it is used for packaging of cleaning agents, cosmetics or textiles. This means it is lost for use in beverage bottles due to the strict legal requirements. Savings effects for virgin PET material and the associated CO2 reductions cannot be realized.
The results of a recent study on the ecological potential of a bottle-to-bottle cycle in Germany are impressive. Read for yourself in the attached press release.
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