Introduction | Becoming People & Planet Positive | Stakeholder engagement | Sustainability governance | SDG index Healthy & sustainable living - Our circularity agenda - Our climate agenda - Regenerating resources - Fair & equal - IWAY Plastics Glass Given the limited availability of recycled plastic waste Continuing the work on our Sustainable Glass is fully recyclable and can be recycled in Europe, it can be di昀케cult to secure secondary Packaging Project again and again. The amount of energy needed plastics for use in products. In parts of the world, a In FY23, we made progress toward our goal to melt recycled glass is less than what is maturing but largely informal waste sector exists. of all IKEA food packaging being made of needed to melt virgin raw materials to make We support the transition of informal waste 昀氀ows to recyclable materials by 2025. This included new products. formalised setups that could create a potential supply the launch of SKUB PET bottles made of chain for secondary plastics, both to better protect 99% recycled content and initiating projects Some regions have a well-established and the human rights of waste workers and reduce plastic to move from non-recyclable to recyclable e昀케cient collection and treatment system for pollution. packaging for sauces and jams in IKEA post-consumer packaging glass (bottles and restaurants, as well as salmon and sausages jars). This is good for the sustainability of the For all plastics, not just packaging, we are focused on in IKEA restaurants and Swedish Food glass packaging industry, but because the four key movements: Markets. collected glass is used primarily in the bottle Recycled glass to replace virgin quartz in • Increasing the share of recycled plastic moving industry, it limits access to recycled glass new worktop range LOCKEBO toward post-consumer recycled plastics. for IKEA products and IKEA suppliers as a Renewed and extended work within the feedstock. In other regions of the world, the In FY23, we launched a new worktop range • Using materials in a smarter way, 昀椀nding new informal waste collection sector called LOCKEBO, which is made with recycled solutions to use plastic material in the most recycling infrastructure is di昀昀erent, and IKEA During FY23, together with IKEA Social suppliers have more access to recycled glass. glass. The glass composite material is the e昀케cient way and only using plastic on relevant We are continuously working to increase the same quality as virgin quartz and uses half applications. Entrepreneurship B.V., the IKEA business supply of recycled glass. the energy in production compared to quartz • Using plastic from renewable sources, such as bio- renewed and extended development worktops. LOCKEBO worktops are made with based, in the relevant applications. projects working close with informal waste recycled glass from many di昀昀erent sources: collection networks. The aim of these The IKEA business currently o昀昀ers several • Continuing to explore new materials and products that include a minimum of 50% Glass packaging (wine bottles, glass jars technologies, such as carbon-captured technology projects is to o昀昀er more formalised work – recycled glass. We are currently working on and containers), leftovers from car glass contributing to better working conditions, collections with 100% recycled glass that we’re manufacturers, glassware producers, as well for plastic. stable livelihoods and reliable incomes. We want to contribute to a just transition so planning to launch during 2024 in selected as broken car windows. Sustainable food packaging that workers aren’t left behind as the sector markets. becomes organised. Read more about IKEA We're aiming to phase out plastic from consumer Social Entrepreneurship B.V. projects. packaging by 2028. However, plastic packaging might remain in some parts of the IKEA food range where it is needed to secure quality and food safety standards beyond 2028, in which case it will come from renewable or recycled sources. A second part of the objective is to move to recyclable food packaging materials for 2025. 44 - IKEA SUSTAINABILITY REPORT FY23