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In five years, all the plastic we use will be recyclable or reusable. This is one of the objectives of the European Plastics Pact, to which more than ninety companies, organisations and public authorities are signing today in Brussels. The Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) is one of the signatories.

What is the best way to collect and recycle discarded coffee cups and other disposable paper cups so this waste stream can serve as a raw material for other products? KIDV conducts research in collaboration with brandowners in the out-of-home sector.

A group of frontrunning companies in the 'out-of-home' sector will be taking concrete measures to make packaging more sustainable and reduce litter in the coming years. In collaboration with KIDV they have drawn up a sector innovation plan for sustainable packaging in which they describe their ambitions and targets for reducing the environmental impact of packaging.