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The certified recycled polymers used in the caps, tops and coatings of some of our carton packages are produced under the RSB (Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials) chain of custody attribution method. This means that the plastics are made of a mix of recycled and non-recycled materials, but that the corresponding mass of recycled materials has been tracked throughout the Tetra Pak supply chain. This is verified by a third-party auditor, according to the RSB Chain of Custody Procedure, which forms part of the RSB Advanced Products certification2.
Since 2020 two of our factories in Europe have been certified to produce packaging material and additional materials with certified recycled polymers according to the RSB Chain of Custody mass balance attribution method. We will continue deployment of attributed recycled polymers to achieve a minimum of 10% recycled plastics in packages sold in Europe by 2025. Our end goal: for all our packaging to use responsibly sourced renewable or recycled polymers, ending the extraction of fossil feedstock.
1The World Bank. (2018). WHAT A WASTE 2.0: A Global Snapshot of Solid Waste Management to 2050.Source: Worldbank.org.
2The attributed recycled polymers used in Tetra Pak carton packages are produced under the RSB attribution model (RSB Advanced Products Category III). The plastic produced via such a process is made of a mix of recycled and non-recycled plastic, the exact composition of which is not possible to determine in each individual product, but by purchasing attribution credits according to the mass balance system, and tracking these throughout the Tetra Pak supply chain, the material used in the caps corresponds to a similar amount of chemically recycled plastic. This is verified by a third-party auditor, according to the RSB Chain of Custody Procedure, which forms part of the RSB Advanced Products certification