Opening of Plastic Waste Collection Centers in Egypt

News- Plastic Bank establishes recycling ecosystems in countries that still lack adequate waste management infrastructure. In this ragard, Henkel and Plastic Bank have opened their first three plastic waste collection centers in Cairo. In Egypt, the partners aim to create 1,000 jobs over a two-year period which will directly impact over 4,000 Egyptian citizens through the establishment of a long-term recycling infrastructure

The opening of these collection centers in Egypt marks the first step of the commitment to deliver environmental, social and economic impact in the country. Working together, Henkel and Plastic Bank aim to steadily expand their engagement in the coming years and to reach a yearly collection capacity of 5,000 tons of plastic waste in 2023. At the collection centers, people can return collected plastic waste and exchange it for money. Then, Plastic Bank reprocesses the material which is so-called Social Plastic

Henkel was the first global consumer goods company to partner with Plastic Bank in 2017 and has has already integrated Social Plastic® into several of its products. The Beauty Care brand Nature Box was the first cosmetic brand to introduce Social Plastic® as a packaging material, with all bottle bodies being made of 98 percent Social Plastic®. In addition, Henkel’s Laundry & Home Care Pro Nature cleaners have transitioned to PET bottle bodies that are made of 100 percent recycled plastic, of which up to 50 percent is Social Plastic

31.03.2021

Ref: www.henkel.com

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