Berry Global Develops Innovative, New Cup with Post-Consumer Recycled Plastic in Partnership with Taco Bell - Seite 2

Innovation through partnership and commitment

The new cup is just the latest in Berry and Taco Bell’s history of sustainable packaging collaboration. In 2018, Taco Bell and Berry took initial steps to improve cup recyclability with a conversion from expanded polystyrene (EPS) and coated paper to a clear, more recyclable 100% plastic option. One year later, Berry helped Taco Bell move fully out of coated paper for cold beverages to even lighter weight clear plastic cups and lids. From 2018 to 2021, Taco Bell converted a total of 66.9 million pounds of difficult to recycle materials and saved 9.5 million pounds through light-weighting due to its shift from PS and coated paper to a clear plastic solution. This progress and partnership with Berry is all part of Taco Bell Corp.’s commitment to transition all, consumer-facing packaging to be recyclable, compostable or reusable by 2025 across the globe.

While light-weighting and material conversions continue to be a sustainability focus, Berry’s long-term strategy is to reduce the use of virgin fossil fuels through the use of recycled and renewable content. Under consultation from the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), this cup is a good candidate for the new Meets Preferred Guidance program because it uses standard polymers (PP and HDPE). Berry plans to submit the design as soon as the program is ready to evaluate it.

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