PET project for Nestle

Food giant Nestle has announced that it is launching a new range of mineral water in the US packaged in bottles consisting of 25 per cent recycled PET (rPET).

The Re-Source brand, which will be backed by a recycling initiative, will be sold exclusively at Whole Foods Market outlets in the US, where consumers will be encouraged to recycle the bottles at in-store collection points. Nestle says it will use the collected plastic to produce items such as fleece, reusable shopping bags, carpet and new plastic beverage bottles.