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Logitech Pushes Boundaries, Scales Use of Recycled Plastic in Products

LAUSANNE, Switzerland & NEWARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic into products, reducing its carbon impact and increasing the circularity of consumer product materials and ingredients. Logitech’s Creativity and Productivity portfolio, the company’s largest product portfolio, uses PCR at scale with 65% of all mice and keyboard units now including PCR plastic, surpassing its 50% recovery of e-waste. All of the PCR plastic used in Logitech products comes from end-of-life consumer electronics, which could have otherwise ended up in landfills, and the products are third-party certified through SCS Global Services.

“We’re taking significant strides to defy business as usual and deliver breakthrough solutions in materials, packaging advancements, and circularity to lower the company’s carbon impact,” said Prakash Arunkundrum, head of global operations and sustainability at Logitech. “Our ultimate ambition is to have a positive impact on the environment and society and drive our whole sector forward by sharing our approach and collaborating.”

Logitech recently accelerated its climate action strategy and has set itself on a direct path to be The Climate Pledge and is also the first consumer electronics company to commit to providing detailed 2021 Sustainability report or on the Logitech, ASTRO Gaming, Blue Microphones, and www.logitech.com, the @Logitech.

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Publication date: 10/02/2022

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