Rivian outlines sustainable packaging initiative

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Electric vehicle start-up Rivian has revealed details of a plastic recycling initiative that aims by 2024 to collect 500,000kg (1.1m lbs) of single-use plastic annually and stop it from floating out to sea. Rivian will instead turn it into the containers it uses to move parts inbound to its production line.

To source that material Rivian has been working with international partners on a system that captures what it terms ocean-bound plastic – such items as water bottles, milk and food containers that are carelessly disposed of and find their way into the waterways and eventually out to sea.

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