Barilla reports that 99.8% of the packaging it sells is designed to be recyclable, while 71% of the materials used in its packaging are plant-based. Furthermore, it has removed the plastic window from its pasta boxes to avoid the use of “unnecessary” plastics.
The company issued the following statement regarding this initiative: “We decided to remove the plastic window from our boxes in order to adopt a more sustainable solution and reduce the number of materials used in our packaging. This allowed us to avoid putting unnecessary plastic on the market, amounting to approximately 126.000 kilograms of plastic per year. Although the window in our boxes did not limit the recyclability of our packaging – since modern recycling systems can separate them – we chose a more sustainable solution because at Barilla, we will always seek ways to become even more sustainable.”
Source: “Barilla designs 99% of packaging for recycling and cuts out plastic windows”, https://packagingeurope.com/news/barilla-designs-99-of-packaging-for-recycling-and-cuts-out-plastic-windows/14069.article & “Barilla Classics Packaging: our new more sustainable box”, https://www.barilla.com/en-gb/help-with/our-company/box-sostenibile
