We are very transparent in the sourcing of our raw materials to make our products. Creating a positive choice in plastic can only be done by being completely clear about where we source our plastic, its history and the positive environmental benefit that comes from using it.
Post-Industrial Plastic is the waste generated in manufacturing processes is reprocessed into recycled plastic that we can use in our products. This ensures we create no manufacturing waste in our factories
Post-Consumer Plastic is plastic that has been made into a product. Used by a consumer for their intended purpose, PCP is are collected and re-processed into recycled plastic, with agricultural films used to bale, hay, and straw or protect silage, being a great example.
Post-Consumer Household waste, is also known as Post-Consumer Recyclate (PCRhh). Flexible plastic packaging used by households is collected, sorted, and reprocessed to be reused in the manufacture of new products. Typically this material would be soft flexible films used for oven chips bag packaging or frozen vegetables
Social plastic flexible plastic collected in communities close to watercourses and the sea or communities with no waste management systems in place. The plastic is collected sorted and re-processed and made into new products, these processes and initiatives produce many benefits such as,
