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PepsiCo to introduce recycled plastic bottles across AMESA by 2023

AMESA - PepsiCo has announced plans to introduce bottles made from recycled plastic in several markets of Africa, the Middle East and South Asia (AMESA) across beverage brands like Aquafina and Pepsi.

With only 1 country in the region allowing the use of recycled plastic in food and beverage packaging in 2020, PepsiCo continues its journey of policy unlocks aiming to introduce recycled bottles across 10 AMESA countries by 2023.

PepsiCo aims to continue its progress towards expanding plastic collection programs to 14 AMESA markets by developing recycling infrastructure through advocacy and partnerships by 2023.

The reiterated sustainability commitment comes as PepsiCo marks one year of its strategic, end-to-end transformation, called pep+, which puts sustainability at the center of the company’s growth and value.

From sourcing ingredients to making and selling its products more sustainably, pep+ connects the future of its business with the future of the planet.

Envisioning a world where packaging never becomes waste, PepsiCo’s pep+ ambition aims to design 100% of its packaging to be recyclable, compostable, biodegradable or reusable by 2025.

TANZANIA – Zaidi Recyclers, a Tanzanian recycling firm has launched a digital platform (NiBOOST integrated into the Zaidi App) for collecting dead car batteries for recycling, saving the environment and humanity from harm.

The new digital platform has been put into use in the city of Dar es Salaam and is expected to expand to many localities in the near future.

According to Zaidi Recyclers CEO and founder, Allen Kimambo, customers can request the NiBOOST service by sending SMS or WhatsApp messages or calling through the Zaidi App.

The company says that they not only collect waste batteries but also provide new batteries to serve customers.

Zaidi Recyclers said they are looking for partners to expand its waste battery collection program, thereby raising people’s awareness about the dangers of batteries when thrown indiscriminately into the environment. both collect and recycle this type of waste.

Specifically, with the waste batteries collected, Zaidi Recyclers has an agreement with professional recycling companies in Tanzania to recycle without harming the environment and people.

“When handled with the appropriate expertise, dead car batteries can be safely recycled to prevent these challenges and to encourage a circular economy approach to all material types,” said Allen Kimambo, CEO and Founder of Zaidi Recyclers.