Berry Global Signs the Ellen MacArthur Foundation Global Commitment
June 24 2019 - 3:30PM
Business Wire
Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE:BERY) proudly announced today
that it has signed the New Plastics Economy Global Commitment to
eliminate plastic pollution at its source. The New Plastics Economy
Global Commitment is led by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, in
collaboration with UN Environment.
Berry’s involvement with the Global Commitment is complementary
to its efforts with the Alliance to End Plastic Waste and furthers
the Company’s commitments to its recently announced sustainability
strategy, Impact 2025.
“At Berry, we stand behind the power of plastics and are placing
a priority on creating a more sustainable future. We are innovating
our products to encourage recyclability, use of recycled content,
and lightweighting. In conjunction with the Ellen MacArthur
Foundation, we are proud to accelerate the transition towards a
circular economy,” said Tom Salmon, Berry Chairman and CEO.
By signing the Global Commitment, Berry has pledged to:
Take action to eliminate problematic or unnecessary plastic
packaging
Berry has been developing recyclable alternatives to replace
non-recyclable packaging for many years. Berry will continue to
develop widely recyclable packaging to replace less recyclable
alternatives. In the near term, the Company commits to develop a
widely recyclable alternative for each of its polystyrene product
lines by the end of 2020.
These commitments are complementary to Berry’s deep history of
lightweighting success. Lightweighting is a process of design and
engineering improvements that reduce the overall amount of plastic
needed to deliver performance and protective properties of a
product. This expertise has been at the core of the Company’s
business and is a key benefit of plastics.
100 percent of plastic packaging to be reusable, recyclable,
or compostable
Berry has been and will continue to take steps to transition the
market to packaging that is recyclable in today’s infrastructure.
In addition to this, the Company is introducing new products with
enhanced recyclability, like Entour™, a line of polyethylene films
designed with recyclability in mind.
A target of 10 percent post-consumer recycled content across
all plastic packaging used
As a longtime advocate of recycling and recycled content, Berry
has set its goal to incorporate at least 10 percent recycled
content into its fast-moving consumer goods packaging by 2025. As
an initial step towards its effort to drive incremental demand for
recycled content, the Company introduced Verdant™, a line of
bottles, jars, tubes, caps, and closures, containing 25-100 percent
recycled content. Berry will continue to incorporate recycled
content in application as material which meets safety and
performance requirements becomes available.
Take action to increase reusable packaging
Berry has commercialized multiple reusable packages in the past
and will partner with customers on new reusable packaging
applications and models. The Company has committed to evaluate all
of its product lines by the end of 2020 to determine the best
potential markets for reusable packaging.
About Berry
Berry Global Group, Inc. (NYSE:BERY), headquartered in
Evansville, Indiana, is committed to its mission of ‘Always
Advancing to Protect What’s Important,’ and proudly partners with
its customers to provide them with value-added protective
solutions. The Company is a leading global supplier of a broad
range of innovative nonwoven, flexible, and rigid products used
every day within consumer and industrial end markets. Berry, a
Fortune 500 company, generated $7.9 billion of sales in fiscal
2018. For additional information, visit Berry’s website at
berryglobal.com.
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