Our RECYCLE sustainability pillar is about our responsibility for our products at every stage of their lifecycle, and the aim of supporting a circular economy.
It’s our goal to advance the circular economy, in which resources are kept in use for as long as possible, maximum value is extracted from them whilst in use, and materials are recovered and regenerated at the end of their service life.
We design and manufacture fully recyclable packaging. We focus on packaging made of permanent materials which can be recycled over and over again. We also cooperate with suppliers to increase the share of recycled content in the raw materials we use.
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We have implemented work processes and waste management plans to provide guidance on how to reduce, recycle and re-use waste. We also run numerous internal recycling initiatives. For example, in India, we have a dedicated waste management team and all food waste generated at our plants in India is recycled. We have set internal reduction targets related to waste management and landfill in all the company’s plants. Our overall targets for aluminium can production by 2025 include reducing the waste generation by 5% and achieving a 94% waste recycling rate (baseline: 2019). Of course our overall goal is zero waste to landfill.
We aim to improve recycling rates by collecting used beverage cans, supporting regulators and the waste management industry, and taking part in education programmes targeting consumers like the ‘Every Can Counts’ programme. We run dedicated companies in Poland and Romania to collect used cans from the market and prepare them for efficient recycling.
We have committed to creating a sustainable business that can play a part in supporting the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. That’s why we’ve aligned our approach to sustainable development with the UN Sustainable Development Goals and identified the following goals to address the most relevant challenges to our business within the RECYCLE pillar.
Allocated Sustainable Development Goals
You can find more details about how we work to RECYCLE in our sustainability report.
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