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Entries for tag: recycling
Recycling cans : have we met before?
Wonder why that can of Pepsi you're holding feels so familiar? It could be because it's been in your hand before.
Read ArticleBioplastics to be exempt from German deposit scheme
The European Bioplastics industry representation welcomes the regulation concerning bioplastic drink bottles established in the 5th Amendment of the German Packaging Directive. The amendment was passed on 4 April 2008. The regulation for bioplastic bottles will come into effect on 1 January 2009. These bottles "produced from at least 75 percent renewable resources" will be exempted from the compulsory deposit for single use drink bottles until 31 December 2012. Manufacturers must however participate in a dual system of recycling for the bottles.
Read ArticleNot enough rubbish
A Krakow woman was slapped with a PLN50 fine because her home recycling plan did not leave enough refuse for the city to pick up, Gazeta Krakowska reported.
Read ArticleContainerboard company sold
Weyerhaeuser Company (NYSE:WY) today announced the sale of its Containerboard Packaging and Recycling business to International Paper (NYSE:IP) for $6 billion in cash, subject to post closing adjustments. Weyerhaeuser said it expects to use a substantial portion of the after-tax proceeds from the sale to pay down debt.
Read ArticleStudy to be made on the effects of PLA on recycle stream
PLA manufacturers have stated that PLA is compatible with the collection, sorting and recycling infrastructures currently in place in most countries of the European Union. Consequently the Petcore Technical Committee commissioned an independent evaluation1 of the effects of PLA on the PET recycle stream.
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Plastics recovery reaches fifty percent
2006 was the year when recovery of plastics reached the 50% for the first time. Underpinned by strong growth in mechanical recycling as well as energy recovery resulted in 3% points increase over 2005.
Read ArticleAlcoa seeks to increase recycling rate
Alcoa (NYSE:AA) announced today that it has established a goal to raise the industry’s used beverage can (UBC) recycling rate in North America from its current 52% rate to 75% by 2015.
Read ArticlePET recycling up on 2005
Petcore has announced that European post-consumer PET collection rates reached 944,000 tonnes in 2006, an 18.5% increase over the previous year.
Read ArticleRecycling gets approval
Petcore has approved Misubishi Gas Chemical’s nylon MXD6 in dark coloured PET bottles for recycle to fibre applications.
Read ArticleTetra Pack to use forestry certificates
Tetra Pak and Sainsbury’s, the UK food retailer, today announced the launch of the world’s first Tetra Pak package with a label of certification by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), an international organisation which sets standards for responsible forest management.
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Recycling : Poland v UK
This short film demonstrates waste recycling in a new residential block in Warsaw as well as comparing it to Broadlands district council in Norwich where I have a home.
Read ArticleSupermarkets foil recycling
Up to 40 per cent of the packaging in an average household shopping-basket cannot be recycled.
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Zipp & Knack – Shelf Packaging has never looked better
A. Frey Verpackungsentwickungen und Vertriebs GmbH, Mindelheim has developed an extremely efficient packaging system in the form of "Zipp + Knack". The solution can be seen in the combination of all requirements made by partners involved in the packaging procedure and has resulted in a stable, economical, 1-part packaging with a reliable and precise opening system.
Read ArticleTetrapak on target
Tetra Pak, one of the world’s leading food and beverage processing and packaging equipment companies, is on target to reduce CO2 emissions by 10% in absolute terms by 2010, according to the company’s 2007 Environmental and Social Report. The report, released today, entitled ‘Sustainable by Nature,’ demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to the environment and outlines its future goals.
Read ArticleCOBRO director emphasizes good contact with neighbours
Stanislaw Tkaczyk, head of the Polish Packaging Research and Development Centre (Centralny Ośrodek Badawczo Rozwojowy Opakowań - COBRO) speaks of the work of his organisation, the importance of ecology and links with similar international associations.
Read ArticleAttempting green
Too many companies today overlook one of the simplest routes to environmental stewardship-ensuring that all printing paper they use is responsibly sourced and produced. With increasing environmental transparency in the paper and printing industries, it is now easier than ever for businesses to go green.
Read ArticleTesco to label packaging
In 2008, Tesco, one of the largest retailers in Poland and Hungary, will start labelling its packaging according to whether it can be recycled, reused or composted, and clearly state packaging that did not fulfill any of the criteria.
Read ArticleAluminium recylcing increases
Al Invest joins support to the beverage can recycling project, which was established by the European Aluminium Association. Beverage cans are manufactured out of aluminium or steel. Both materials can be easily and repeatedly 100% recycled, therefore cans are the most recycled beverage packaging in the world. In the last 25 years the average mass of beverage cans with a volume of 0.33 litre has been reduced by around 30%. As a result, a 0.33 litre can weighs now just 13.8 grams including the ring-pull end.
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Understanding sustainability
A formal definition of sustainable packaging is needed to provide a common platform of understanding against which the packaging supply chain can measure its efforts. This was the objective of the Definition of Sustainable Packaging released in October 2005 by the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (www.sustainablepackaging.org). Drawing on fundamental eco-efficiency concepts and sustainability principles articulated by William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their book, "Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things," the definition outlines a framework for sustainability in the context of packaging and its related materials systems.
Read ArticleRecycling an increasing success
Over 2.3 million tonnes of steel packaging were recycled in Europe last year. This represents an average recycling rate of 63% in the EU-25, an increase of 6% in recycled tonnage compared to 2004.
Read ArticleLatvians against waste
The Latvian waste disposal firm L&T Hoetika has invested €2 million in the installation of a new sorting line that ought to reduce waste quantity.
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