Plastic companies step up their recycling game in Mexico
Mexico is now the world’s second largest consumer of PET bottles.
Driven by high consumption of soft drinks and bottled water, averaging two bottles per person per day, Mexico is now the world’s second largest consumer of PET bottles. The rising use of plastic packaging and increased awareness of sustainability and environmental waste has made Mexico a leading country in PET recycling, with 52% of the plastic bottles being recycled.
There has been an increased demand for plastics in Mexico, with the sector gaining the second largest share of the packaging industry in the country, behind paper & board. The plastic packaging sector rose from a 25.1% market share in 2010 to 27.7% in 2012. This growth has mainly been driven by use in food and beverage products but also an increasing use in health & beauty and household care industries.