Today 50 per cent of all polyester textile products produced by IKEA are made of recycled polyester, and through innovations and new designs all products will be by next year. Already, IKEA is using the equivalent of 5 billion collected and recycled PET bottles in its textile product range, said IKEA in a press release.
“We realise that aiming to replace all virgin polyester with recycled by 2020 is a bold target, and we know that it´s not an easy road ahead of us. But we are committed to ending our dependency on virgin fossil materials by 2030, and this is one important step on the way,” said Nils Månsson, material & innovation deployment leader at IKEA of Sweden.
Through its size and business set-up IKEA can influence a positive change in the world and also inspire others to follow. This will lead to bigger efforts to secure that bottles and food containers are collected and brought back into the recycling industry. Efforts to enable recycling of polyester based textiles will also increase.
“From our own history we know that when we overcome challenges it becomes opportunities. By recycling PET products, we’re giving them a second life. We also hope to inspire others to follow for a greater positive impact on people and planet,” added Månsson.
PET is considered a highly recyclable plastic, and a kilogram of recycled polyester has half the CO2 footprint of that for virgin polyester. PET is the most common polyester resin. (PC)
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