UPM Raflatac and Orthex collaborate to make household products from plastics that could otherwise end up in the ocean

(UPM Raflatac, Helsinki, 24 November 2022 at 10:00 EET) – UPM Raflatac and Orthex have joined forces to offer household products and their labeling made of recycled plastic saved from ending up as marine litter. The products include buckets, wash bowls and water scoops. To achieve this, both companies are part of value chains that collect the plastic waste and transform it back into raw materials. Orthex is part of a value chain that produces raw materials from recycled plastic by collecting old fishing nets and ropes from harbors in Scandinavia, in the UK and in Northern