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85% of milk bottles hit 2010 recycled content target
UK milk producers are on course to meet packaging targets in the Milk Roadmap after revealing that 85% of plastic bottles sold contain 10% recycled material.
The Roadmap was launched in 2008 and set a target of 10% recycled material in milk packaging by this year rising to 30% and 50% by 2015 and 2020 respectively.
After a review last week, DairyCo chairman Tim Bennet, who also chairs the Milk Roadmap Taskforce, said he was extremely impressed by the response to the targets that "make economic and environmental sense".
Jim Begg, director general of sector trade body Dairy UK, said: "Processors have clearly prioritised the environmental agenda and are well on their way to meeting or beating the 2010 targets.
"Already 85% of plastic milk bottles are meeting the 10% recycled material target while processors have continued to improve energy efficiency."
Last month, Sainsbury's revealed that it had
Earlier this year HDPE bottle-producer
Milk and dairy products account for less than 3% of English greenhouse gas emissions. About half of production is for drinking milk with the rest destined for products such as butter, cheese and yoghurts.
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