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Berry Global announced an agreement with PureCycle that will provide Berry with PureCycle’s ultra-pure recycled (UPR) polypropylene resin. This agreement is the latest in a growing list of advanced recycling material sourcing announcements from Berry.

Berry aims to have access to recycled plastic material of more than 600 million lbs per year by 2025. In addition to its material access, Berry says it understands the specific design requirements of brands’ products – combining material expertise with product specification needs creates a range of opportunities for advanced recycling technology to be used in the marketplace.

“Customers look to Berry for unique ways to meet their ambitious sustainability goals. Through our access to advanced recycled resin and technical expertise, Berry is a dependable partner for customers in the implementation of sustainable solutions,” said Tom Salmon, Berry’s chairman and CEO. “By using our relationships with top suppliers and the latest technologies, we bring our customers premier access to in-demand circular resins.”

PureCycle’s patented recycling process, separates color, odor, and contaminants from plastic waste feedstock to transform it into what the company calls ultra-pure recycled polypropylene. The recycling service converts waste plastic into virgin-like plastic fully closing the loop on the reuse of recycled plastics while making recycled polypropylene more accessible at scale to companies desiring to use a sustainable, recycled resin.

The material will be supplied to Berry in summer 2023 for manufacturing at one of Berry’s ISCC PLUS certified facilities, providing customers with maximum traceability for the materials. Berry previously announced its first three facilities in North America to achieve ISCC PLUS certification.