Nestlé en Spain has given new impetus to the circular economy using recycled plastic in the secondary packaging that brands use to group products.
To do this, Nestlé has the collaboration of Saica Group, through its division Saica Nature, which gives a second life to the waste generated in 8 of the 10 factories that the company has in Spain.
Thus, during the past year, Saica Natur, withdrew from the Nestlé factories that manages more than 9.000 tons of waste to which it gave a second life. Of these, about 131 tons corresponded to transparent low-density polyethylene. This plastic material was sent to Natur Cycle Plus, the recycling plant where, after an exhaustive selection, washing and processing process, it was transformed into recycled pellets. This new resource was later reintroduced by 50% in secondary packaging or grouping film that Nestlé uses for some of its brands such as Litoral, Nescafé, Nesquik, Nestlé Aquarel, Solís and Viladrau.
In this way, with the use of recycled pellets instead of virgin, it is possible to reduce the carbon footprint of the raw material by 37%, while the consumption of water for its manufacture is reduced by 39%.
