Nampak Links with Closed Loop to Boost Milk Bottles' Recycled Content

Nampak has been involved in a Marks & Spencer trial to test customer acceptance of recycled material in milk bottles in conjunction with the Waste and Resources Action Programme.

17/08/07 More recycled material could be used in milk bottles following an agreement between Nampak Plastics and recycling and reprocessing company Closed Loop London (CLL).

From summer 2008, CLL has committed to supply the packaging group with up to 6,000 tonnes of recycled HDPE per year for use in its UK operations.

Nampak has been involved in a Marks & Spencer trial to test customer acceptance of recycled material in milk bottles in conjunction with the Waste and Resources Action Programme.

It currently supplies bottles with 10% recycled content, but hopes that the agreement with CLL will enable it to reach 30% by 2009.

Nampak commercial director James Crick said the agreement made HDPE bottles with recycled content "widely available" for the first time.

"This contract allows us to improve the green credentials of a product that is already a firm consumer favourite," he added.

CLL's £12m recycling and reprocessing plant in Dagenham is due to open in December.

Marks & Spencer has already said it will send PET waste from its London stores to the plant.