HDPE milk bottle manufacturer, Nampak Plastics Europe, comments on the publication of the Defra Milk Roadmap - 02 May 2008

James Crick, Business Development Director for Nampak Plastics Europe, comments:

“Today’s publication of the Milk Roadmap (Friday 2 May) is an important milestone for the dairy industry and one of the targets highlighted by Defra is that half of all milk packaging will be made from recycled materials by 2020.

“We are pleased to have been involved in the Milk Roadmap’s development and the targets set for the use of recycled content in packaging are ambitious. However, Nampak is confident that it is in a good position to meet these targets. We were instrumental in the production of the world’s first recycled content HDPE bottle and have also committed to supplying all our UK manufactured milk bottles with up to 10% recycled content during 2008/09, ahead of the Milk Roadmap short term target of 10% by 2010.

“About 80% of milk sold by retailers is in plastic containers. HDPE handled plastic bottles are 100% recyclable and closed loop recycling (HDPE milk bottles back into HDPE milk bottles) presents the most sustainable and efficient means of recycling.”