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Danone-Veolia opens recycling plant to reduce plastic waste
The government has inaugurated a PET bottle-recycling factory in Pasuruan, East Java, that will help reduce plastic waste in Indonesia, especially from single-use plastic bottles. The plant, which started operating in April, was built in a partnership between bottled-water company Danone-AQUA and water-technologies company Veolia Indonesia. With 225 employees, it has a production capacity of 25,000 tons per year of food-grade recycled PET plastic (RPET).
Industry Minister Agus Gumiwang said the plant would strengthen the recycling ecosystem and the circular economy in Indonesia. He added that there were more than 1,300 plastic recycling plants in Indonesia with a total capacity of 2.3 million tons per year and investment of over Rp 7 trillion (US$482.5 million). “It can support the government's target of [reducing] plastic waste in the sea by up to 70 percent by 2025,” Agus said during his remarks at an online inauguration event on Wednesday.
In an audit by an international movement called Break Free from Plastic, Danone was identified as one of the top-three companies producing the most plastic waste. The group has long called on large national and multinational corporations to take responsibility for plastic pollution caused by their operations. The company pledged in 2018 that 50 percent of the plastic used for its water and other beverages would be recycled plastic by 2025. In 2019, just 25 percent of the plastic used was recycled material.
Connie Ang, president director of Danone-AQUA, said the new PET bottle-recycling factory would speed up this process, so that the company could fulfil its target in 2025. “This factory bolsters the efforts by Danone-AQUA to triple the use of recycled plastic [in its water and other beverage battles] in 2022 versus what we use today,” Connie said.
Danone Indonesia Holds Vaccination for Employees, Supports Acceleration of National Health and Economic Recovery
Danone Indonesia, as a company in the essential industrial sector in the food and beverage sector, is committed to participating in Gotong Royong Vaccination for a Healthier Indonesia and Support Economic Recovery. On Thursday, June 17 at the Sentul International Convention Center, Danone Indonesia marked the implementation of the first stage of the Gotong Royong Vaccination that was given to 5,000 employees in the Greater Jakarta and West Java areas on 8 – 24 June 2021 through 17 vaccination points.
The Gotong Royong vaccination of Danone Indonesia was carried out in stages by prioritizing workers who are active and play a crucial role in maintaining the continuity of production and product supply. The Company allocated more than 40,000 doses of vaccines for over 20,000 vaccine targets consisting of employees, employees families, and Danone’s business partners throughout Indonesia.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Danone in Indonesia has collaborated with the government, various institutions, hospitals, and social organizations to distribute assistance worth IDR 56 billion in the form of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), medical equipment, and empowerment for the affected MSMEs. Danone has also distributed more than 200,000 healthy food packages to meet nutritional needs and more than 1 million bottles of AQUA and Mizone to support the hydration of medical personnel to vulnerable groups. In addition to the Gotong Royong vaccination, Danone Indonesia has also supported the government’s vaccination program targeting the elderly, public service workers, media workers, tourism industry workers, transportation workers, and retail partners in 13 cities in Indonesia and will continue to contribute to support the government in its efforts acceleration of vaccination coverage.