Unilever reveals plan for closed loop plastic food-grade packaging

James Murray
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Consumer goods giant announces partnership to pioneer new technology capable of turning PET plastic waste into transparent virgin grade material

Unilever has today announced it is to work on a project that could deliver industrial scale recycling of PET plastic waste capable of turning the material back in to food-grade transparent packaging...

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