{"id":37054,"date":"2023-07-27T10:19:11","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T08:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/?p=37054"},"modified":"2023-07-26T10:20:12","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T08:20:12","slug":"one-of-europes-main-recycling-hubs-for-beverage-cartons-starts-operations-backed-by-tetra-pak-and-stora-enso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/?p=37054","title":{"rendered":"One of Europe&#8217;s main recycling hubs for beverage cartons starts operations, backed by Tetra Pak and Stora Enso"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><i>State-of-the-art line at Stora Enso\u2019s Polish production site is set to triple the country\u2019s annual recycling capacity of post-consumer beverage cartons<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>Potential to recycle the entire volume of beverage cartons sold in Poland, with additional volumes from Central and Eastern Europe<\/i><\/li>\n<li><i>By turning used paper-based packaging into new paper-based packaging materials, the line is keeping quality resources in circulation, reducing the use of virgin content\u00a0<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With a joint investment of around \u20ac29 million by Tetra Pak and Stora Enso, a new recycling line for post-consumer beverage cartons is starting operations in Poland. The line has the potential to triple the annual recycling capacity of beverage cartons in the country &#8211; from 25,000 to 75,000 tonnes \u2013 and provides scope to absorb the entire volume of beverage cartons sold in Poland, as well as additional volumes from neighbouring countries, including the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania.<\/p>\n<p>Featuring an annual capacity of 50,000 tonnes, the state-of-the-art line at Stora Enso\u2019s production unit in Ostro\u0142\u0119ka (Poland) handles solely beverage carton material separation, detaching fibres from polymers and aluminium. The fibres are then recycled into cardboard materials, effectively contributing to material circularity by turning used paper-based packaging into new paper-based packaging materials. This new paper recycling facility is complemented by Czech company Plastigram Industries, that, together with Tetra Pak, is industrialising a solution to recycle polyAl<sup>1<\/sup>\u00a0into new products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor decades, we have been working to enhance beverage carton recycling capacity, co-investing with recyclers, technology providers and suppliers in new equipment and facilities\u201d comments<b>\u00a0Lars Holmquist, EVP Sustainability &amp; Communications at Tetra Pak<\/b>. \u201cIn 2022, Tetra Pak contributed nearly \u20ac30 million<sup>2<\/sup>\u00a0to collection and recycling projects worldwide, with plans to go further and invest up to \u20ac40 million annually over the next years. As part of the Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE), we support the\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beveragecarton.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/The-Beverage-Carton-Roadmap-to-2030-1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>industry ambition<\/u><\/a>\u00a0to increase the collection for recycling rate of beverage cartons to 90% and the recycling rate to 70%, in the EU, by 2030. I am very pleased to see that our collaboration with Stora Enso translates into one of the largest recycling hubs for beverage cartons in Europe, contributing to this ambition. This is also an excellent example of how systemic and collective actions can help keep quality renewable materials in the loop &#8211; like paper fibres from recycled cartons.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very pleased to see the results of our close cooperation with Tetra Pak, who, like Stora Enso, has the development of sustainable solutions at their core. This new modern solution marks a significant addition to European recycling capacity and a concrete step forward in the circularity of consumer packaging. In addition to complementing the current scope of our production site in Poland, the recycling facility will significantly contribute towards the recycling and waste reduction goals of the EU\u2019s proposal for a Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation,\u201d says\u00a0<b>Hannu Kasurinen, EVP Packaging Materials at Stora Enso<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>The new line is set to ramp up recycling of beverage cartons throughout Central and Eastern Europe, signaling the beverage carton industry\u2019s willingness to support the circularity goals of the proposed EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR), and showcasing the pivotal role of recycling in helping the green transition of the food packaging sector. The industry has already invested approximately \u20ac200 million to increase the capacity for beverage carton recycling in the EU and plans to invest a further \u20ac120 million by 2027.<sup>3<\/sup><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a joint investment of around \u20ac29 million by Tetra Pak and Stora Enso, a new recycling line for post-consumer beverage&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20063,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-37054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plas-tv-meldungen-auf-der-startseite-unterhalb-slider","category-plast-tv-textmeldungen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37054"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37055,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37054\/revisions\/37055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37054"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/plas.tv\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=37054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}