LONDON – Proposals to set up a comprehensive roadmap to transition the US polyester textile and PET packaging industries from a linear single-use model towards circular, low-waste and low-emission systems by 2040, have been outlined in a new report from sustainability consultancy Systemiq.
The report, ‘PET Packaging and Textiles in the United States’, published with support from Closed Loop Partners, Eunomia and The Recycling Partnership, also includes a blueprint that it claims could cut waste by half, reduce greenhouse gas emissions from PET packaging by around 60% and create 46,000 direct US jobs in the same timeframe.
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