Joe Franses, vice-president sustainability, Coca-Cola European Partners talks with Ian Welsh about the company’s plastics targets, the challenges getting to real scale, and the need for better collection infrastructure.
Franses highlights the difficulties of finding recycled feedstock of the right quality and then turning that into food-grade materials, particularly when there are economic incentives to use cheap virgin plastics. And he argues the case for deposit return schemes as the only viable route to real circularity in plastic value chains.
Weekly podcast: Agri-sector entrepreneurs backed by Tesco and WWF
How direct law enforcement prevents deforestation in Cambodia
Green agriculture: how fertiliser partnership makes perfect
How the palm oil sector is shifting from environmental to social sustainability
Why net zero could be too narrow a target
How to address leakage and establish baselines in deforestation projects
Weekly podcast: Renewable energy sector’s community-level human rights risks
How brands can create jobs for refugees in their supply chains
What can apparel learn from other sectors on living incomes?
What are the drivers for regenerative agriculture at the farm level, and within the value chain?
How climate targets are shifting from what’s achievable to what’s necessary
Weekly podcast: How to tackle land speculation and deforestation in SE Asia
Reductions and removals: How do you integrate the two into a successful climate strategy?
Weekly podcast: Why Nestlé is focusing on scope 3 emissions
Five agri-sector innovation projects backed by Tesco and WWF
Weekly podcast: How deforestation can realistically be eliminated by 2030
How the apparel sector can collaborate to decarbonise
Weekly podcast: What fossil fuel free food supply chains might look like
Can recycled rival virgin apparel fibres?
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