Lego scraps recycled PET bricks, Coca-Cola to make bottle caps from CO2: What’s the emissions impact of recycled plastics?
Recycled plastics are not a one-size-fits-all solution.
Recent corporate experiments from Lego and Coca-Cola give opposite impressions about recycled plastics emissions – and prove that what was once hailed as a golden climate and pollution solution is yet to gain unanimous appeal.
In September, two corporate giants made opposite decisions around the use of recycled plastics in their products. Coca-Cola announced a large-scale trial with Swansea University to convert carbon extracted from the atmosphere into ethylene to make bottle caps.
