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Amcor invests in Kentucky


Amcor has announced an investment in its Nicholas- ville, Kentucky, US, facility to increase its PCR packaging production capabilities. The improve- ments include dedicated silos that feed multiple production lines to enable precise PCR blending, giving customers the ability to choose their optimal PCR percentage, which is offered for custom and stock rigid packaging. Greg Rosati, Vice


President, Amcor Rigid Packaging North America, said: “This facility gives customers more choices for the recycled content levels of their packaging and reinforces Amcor’s commitment to a circular economy.” He added that while the investment was made to support spirits customers, there are opportunities to support customers across other segments. In fiscal year 2024, Amcor increased its purchase of PCR polymers by more than 50,000 tonnes compared to the previous year. � www.amcor.com


PepsiCo reworks its sustainability goals


Food and beverage giant PepsiCo has announced changes to its packaging targets and other sustain- ability goals across the business. The changes include “sunsetting” its packaging reuse target, and discontinuing the goal of reducing use of virgin plastic by 20% by 2030. By refining the Pep+


(PepsiCo Positive) business strategy it launched in September 2021 and using the data collected thus far, the company said it is further aligning resources with core business priorities and helping its sustainability ambitions remain actionable and achievable. “Our sustainability journey will not always be linear, but we are focused on doing the work that can both strengthen our


business resilience and support a positive impact for the planet,” said Jim Andrew, PepsiCo Executive Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer. “We will continue to embed sustainability into our company in ways that aim to enhance the strength, adaptability, and future growth of our business.” In refining its sustainabil- ity goals, PepsiCo said it is


strengthening its business and honing its focus to where it believes it can have the most positive impact. By prioritising efforts in key packaging markets, continu- ing work to reduce its use of virgin plastic, and improving the design of its packaging, the company plans to focus on investments that improve the packaging lifecycle, it said. � www.pepsico.com


New Plexiglas recycling program


Pekutherm Kunststoffe and Polyvantis have launched a joint take-back and recy- cling program for rests and off-cuts of Plexiglas semi- finished waste products. The materials are sorted,


processed and granulated at Pekutherm, the recycled raw materials returned to Polyvantis to be re-incorpo- rated into Plexiglas prod- ucts, as is the case with the particularly resource-effi-


cient proTerra variant. Traders and processors


can participate in the programme across Europe, said the companies. � www.pekutherm.de � www.polyvantis.com


French project targets carbon fibre composites


Westlake Corp has announced that Westlake Epoxy will collaborate with Alpha Recyclage Composites to scale up recycling capacity for carbon fibre composite materials. The collaboration will support Westlake’s composite customers in


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their development of improved circular options for both production and end-of-life waste. Alpha Recyclage Composites, a family-owned company based in Toulouse and Castelsarrasin, France, specialises in recycling carbon fibre-


PLASTICS RECYCLING WORLD | July/August 2025


reinforced composites through a patented steam pyrolysis process. It plans to expand its current batch unit to a semi-continuous operation, targeting a capacity of 1,000 tonnes/yr by 2027. � www.westlake.com � www.arcomposites.com


www.plasticsrecyclingworld.com


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