Yesterday Dame Patsy visited Flight Plastics in Wellington to see how clear plastic, collected from around New Zealand, is cleaned, broken down, turned into sheeting and then made into packaging for food products. It is an example of the circular economy in action, as used food trays can in turn be returned to the plant to be recycled repeatedly.
![Flight Plastics Director, Derek Lander showing Dame Patsy a tray made of recycled plastic](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_full_column/public/2020-06/gg-jun20-flightplastics%20047.jpg?itok=F0N3XUtE)
![Dame Patsy with Patrick O'Donoghue, Sarah Baylis, and Derek Lander](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_full_column/public/2020-06/gg-jun20-flightplastics%20054_0.jpg?itok=tCX14Gg-)