Sustainable Packaging

Packaging is a burning topic and expectations on manufacturers are high.

As a food company we are taking action and have built our roadmap for sustainable packaging.

Our vision

No Waste, All Taste. We want packaging to guarantee safe, fresh and convenient products to our customers while minimizing our waste footprint.

 

 

A FEW KEY FACTS

 

Cardboard is our core packaging and represents 85% of the packaging we use. We use 12% plastic packaging and 3% paper packaging.

 

99,8% of our cardboard packaging is recyclable

 

91% of our plastic packaging is recyclable

 

87% of our paper packaging is recyclable

 

Our Objectives

  Reduce

  • Reduce the weight of each packaging component
  • Reduce the number of components in our packaging system
  • Adapt our products and packaging sizes to reduce the impact of transport

 

  Recycle

  • Improve recyclability of our packaging: plastic colour, type, materials combination
  • Switch from plastic to cardboard, or paper-based material
  • Strict policy of material with existing way of recycling

 

  Re-use

  • Foster the use of recycled materials: plastic and cardboards
  • Work together with our suppliers on adapted recycled materials
  • Increase the part of reusable packaging in our supply chain

First and next steps

Reduce

 

 

96% of our cardboard is now FSC certified and we’ll reach 100% by the end of 2025

 

-27T of shrink-wrap film on pallets by 2021 and -15T of plastic trays and blisters by the end of 2023

 

All black plastics are now prohibited

Recycle

 

 

98% of our packaging is recyclable and we’ll reach 100% recyclable packaging by 2025

 

100% of our rigid plastic is now recyclable

Re-use

 

 

Today, 83% of our packaging is based on recycled materials

 

We will continue to work with our suppliers to maintain the part of recycled fibre in cardboard and increase the use of recycled plastics as food safety allows.

Discover our 3 pillars in video

Reduce

Recycle

Re-use

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