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Grupo Bimbo - d2w biodegradable packaging program
Grupo Bimbo - d2w biodegradable packaging program.
About this update from Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n \nRNS Number : 8506J Symphony Environmental Tech. PLC 22 August 2019 \n\n \n22 August 2019\nSYMPHONY ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES PLC\n(\"Symphony\" or the \"Group\")\n \nGRUPO BIMBO - PRESENTS PROGRESS OF ITS d2w BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING PROGRAM\n \nSymphony Environmental Technologies Plc (AIM: SYM), a global specialist in products and technologies that \"make plastic smarter\", is very pleased to announce that at a major event in Mexico City on 20th August 2019, Daniel Servitje, President and CEO of Grupo Bimbo, announced the progress of its successful d2w biodegradable packaging program with technology partner and supplier Symphony Environmental Technologies Plc. The d2w biodegradable packaging program was first launched in Mexico City in 2008 as part of a structured program to improve waste management and control the life of packaging. This has resulted in 100% of Grupo Bimbo's Mexican packaging suitable for this technology being made biodegradable and recyclable. The event showed for the first time new packaging with Symphony's d2w brand.\nThis program has been enhanced by the reduction of plastics due to packaging gauge decrease, together with an estimated 97% recycling achievement in Mexican plants. Grupo Bimbo also announced the launch of its first compostable packaging, which can be disposed of together with organic waste. Grupo Bimbo's global objective is that by 2025 all their packaging will be recyclable or biodegradable or compostable.\nGrupo Bimbo is the largest baking company in the world and a major producer of snack foods. It has sales of $US 15.1 billion across 32 countries and 3.2 million points of sale. Grupo Bimbo has a strong commitment to the communities in which it has a presence, as well as to environmental care, which today is grouped into 4 main axes: reduction of carbon footprint, reduction of water footprint, integral waste management, and natural capital.\nGrupo Bimbo are not obliged by legislation to use biodegradable packaging, but as an environmentally-responsible company they decided that it was the right thing to do, being aware of worldwide concerns about the environment. Grupo Bimbo's packaging is part of a program that will reduce the impact of plastic pollution in the environment without causing any reduction in recycling or product safety.\nDaniel Servitje, President a...