{"id":49214,"date":"2021-09-20T15:45:59","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T13:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=49214"},"modified":"2021-09-23T17:14:29","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T15:14:29","slug":"pepsico-wants-to-halve-the-use-of-plastic-in-packaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/pepsico-will-den-einsatz-von-kunststoff-bei-verpackungen-halbieren\/","title":{"rendered":"PepsiCo wants to halve the use of plastic in packaging"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PepsiCo is driving sustainable transformation. The new \u201epep+\u201c strategy is intended to create a framework for achieving the company's sustainability goals. Among other things, the use of virgin plastic in packaging is to be reduced by 50 per cent.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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PepsiCo, Inc. has recently\u00a0pep+<\/a> (pep Positive) was presented. The company is thus focusing on a comprehensive strategic transformation that places sustainability issues at the centre. The pep+ approach<\/a> is crucial to answering the question of how the company will create growth and value in the future by operating within the Earth's limits and stimulating positive change for the planet and people.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Among the measures presented by PepsiCo is the expansion of the use of regenerative methods to restore soils on an area equivalent to the company's entire agricultural footprint (approximately 7 million hectares).\u00a0<\/p>

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The company also wants to actively work on building a circular and integrative value chain. To this end, packaging is to become more sustainable and, by 2030, the Amount of untreated plastic per serving reduced by 50 % across the food and beverage portfolio<\/strong> become.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Germany is a pioneer in the field of rPET<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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It has been clear for some time that PepsiCo will only use 100 % recycled plastic (rPET) in all of its CSD beverage bottles by the end of 2021. <\/strong>The Lipton Ice Tea range has been reorganised since April this year.<\/p>