eeeep triggered. I would say that ‘biodegradable’ plastics are greenwashing, since there are very very few places that have the facilities to industrially compost the bottles you are describing. If they don’t get sent to composting, they aren’t biodegradable → greenwashing. As Phil says, consumers in general don’t separate biodegradable from recycling (or home-compostable from industrial-composting) and mixing ‘biodegradable’ plastic in with recycling streams pollutes them.
We believe rPET is the best option we have right now because it can achieve a circular economy we need - realising the packaging to it’s full potential. By 2025 all our packaging will be recyclable.
It’s worth noting that the ingredients in Huel are not like the PepsiCo and Coke’s of the world. We use vitamins and minerals which are sensitive to light and fats which can be easily oxidised in the wrong conditions. So we have to be careful increasing the level of recycled plastic because it increases this susceptibility and therefore would increase foodwaste in our supply chain. As I’ve said in this thread, reducing food waste has greater positive impact on the environment than reducing reliance on oil-based plastics.