Larissa Ogera D’ otaviano speaking at Sustainability LIVE:
The US Summit we are able to do the same as multiplelayer packaging with only one material packaging.“ My dream is to convince everyone that it’ s as good as the multiplelayer packaging and it’ s fully recyclable. In Brazil, we already have more brands using it for coffee. But now we are expanding to other applications also.”
Ramping up recycling The road to a circular future continues for Valgroup and Larissa. While recycling rates are rising in Brazil and worldwide, there is still a lot to do. In 2024, 6.4 million metric tonnes of dry waste were sent for recycling in Brazil, according to Abrema, the trade association. This equates to 8.7 % of the total municipal solid waste recovered that year.“ Recycling more and better,” says Larissa about her plans for the company’ s future.
“ Work in the development of new recycling technologies. We need to close the loop even more. We already have good technologies in place, but we need to work even harder to make packaging 100 % recyclable and 100 % recycled.
“ We need to have this really close to it in order to reduce the consumption of natural resources. I think that’ s the goal of the company and that’ s the goal for my life also,” she adds.
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