Kent Resource Partnership The Power of Partnerships Delivering a solution for black plastics

Mark Caul Sustainability Manager [email protected] Tesco

6800 80 million 440,000 £51 billion shops shopping colleagues Sales around the trips per world week

2010 1929 Worlds 10 First Store first zero countries opened carbon store

2 The Kent Resource Partnership Long History of demonstrating the value of public-private partnership

Fresher for Longer Collaborated on the first Pledge 4 Plastics Initiative in 2012 black plastics detection Comms Programme (INCPEN, PackFed, BRC, FDF, WRAP) (RECOUP, Retailers, management project in 2012 companies and reprocessors)

Metal Matters campaign The first (and only) across Kent (twice!) collective council as a (MRFs, Alupro, metal cans and aerosols sector) resource partnership (‘cutting edge rename: ‘Resource Partnership’)

3 The Power of Partnership

• The KRP was a founding member of the Resource Association in 2011 and continues to have a role in the organisation, and in supporting the ‘quality agenda’ when it comes to recycling.

• Today’s audience of public and private sector colleagues coming together is itself a demonstration of the power of partnerships, and the KRP’s ongoing ability to pull people together.

• The KRP’s focus on providing full and transparent data on reporting End Destinations of Recyclates through the EDR Charter continues to demonstrate leadership to other councils up and down the country.

• The enduring partnership working between the 13 Kent councils – involving all 12 districts and the County Council – is now ‘business as usual’ to you, but it remains ‘business unusual’ to much of the rest of the country.

• The partnership remains a unique opportunity for further retailer collaboration.

4 Tesco: Packaging Strategy Brilliant basics Efficiency & Cost Sustainability

Helpful Efficiency Our ambition is to move Educate Optimisation towards a progressively Fit for purpose Buy for less closed loop system for Legal and safe Cost Mitigation packaging

Leadership Team Ownership - Data – Targets – Reporting - Action

5 Leadership Team Sign off on our Ambition:

Part of the Little Helps Plan and on our website

6 Tesco - Packaging Business Packaging Reduction (Total Foods, GM and Clothing Reduction for UK and NI, accounting for sales growth)

45.0

40.0 Represents circa 35.0 321,000 Tonnes 2.8% of total 30.0 own brand primary packaging placed packaging 25.0 on the UK market Average Weight Per Pack 20.0 (g) 15.0

10.0

5.0

0.0 20072008200920102011201220132014201520162017 Year Year Widely recyclable Check Locally Recyclable with bags at larger stores Widely recyclable at recycling points Not yet recycled Total Recyclable

2015 65.4% 12.7% n/a n/a 21.9% 78.1% 2016 79.9% 3.9% 9.5% 2.0% 4.7% 95.3% 2017 82.8% 5.6% 7.1% 1.8% 2.6% 97.3%

7 Tesco - Packaging

Business Packaging Reduction (Total Foods, GM and Clothing Reduction for UK and NI, accounting for sales growth)

45.0

40.0

35.0

30.0

25.0

20.0 Average Weight Per Pack (g)

15.0

10.0

5.0

0.0 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Year

Circa 34% reduction achieved to date (Subject to end year verification and audit)

8 We believe there is a unique opportunity to lead the creation of a closed loop for packaging in the UK. We will support a circular economy

Sustainable packaging design Customers Recover & collect Recycle Remove Use Standardise Recycled content Reuse Stores Repurpose

Re-design Return Eliminate Eliminate waste

Closed-loop

9 • Deposit Returns • Front of Store Recycling • Head Office/Store canteens • Consumer Education • On Pack Recycling Logos

Customers Recover & collect

Use Inside out Reuse Standardise Return Stores

10 January - March 2017

Recycle BLACK Recycled content PLASTIC Repurpose S

11 March 2017

• A cross-industry working group created

Recycle (trade associations, retailers, independent specialists, material re- BLACK processors, packaging companies, brands and packers) Recycled content PLASTIC Repurpose • Collaboration across the chain S (agreed a range of new actions and commitments to tackle black plastics).

• Roadmap was created to review:

- Detectable pigment dyes - Impact of removing black from the packaging portfolio - Assess new technologies to sort existing black polymers

http://www.recoup.org/news/7531/black-plastic-packaging-recycling-forum

12 Circa October 2017

• Retailers assess the commercial impact of using detectable pigments Recycle BLACK - Cost was a magnitude order higher than what was reported in the press Recycled content PLASTIC - Decision was taken to use detectable pigment and retailers commenced Repurpose plans to use and roll out. S - These plans were to be reported to the RECOUP working group prior to launch.

13 November 2017

Working Group Conclusions Recycle BLACK • Detectable pigment dyes Recycled content PLASTIC Repurpose Risk that using detectable pigments would mean that PET trays would S contaminate the PET bottle stream. • Impact of removing black from the packaging portfolio

Risk that the removal of black trays by brands and retailers would remove an outlet for recycling ‘Jazz’ flake.

• Assess new technologies to sort existing black polymers

No new technology solutions were presented

14 What is Jazz?

15 January to July 2018

Recycle BLACK Recycled content Repurpose PLASTIC S Joint Partnership Collaboration

(Project Vadar)

16 Recycle BLACK Recycled content PLASTIC Repurpose S

17 Uk Recycling Map - Draft

Recycling Centres (MRFs, Depots)

Local authorities that actively do not collect black plastics

18 Next Steps

• Resolve technical challenges on PVC contamination Recycle BLACK • Develop food grade recycled content for CPET • Commitment to recycle and reuse 120 tonnes of black per month Recycled content PLASTIC • Develop national solution Repurpose S Our Ask • A few local authorities are specifically stating that they will not collect black. We need this decision to change • 3 of those authorities are in Kent – which is where we have developed the solution • Support from WRAP and the OPRL scheme to communicate the solution to local authorities

19 Partnerships are critical to how we can deliver our ambition to move towards a closed loop society. Thank You.

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