RE: RESOURCES
● Planning logging routes and preparing the ground with dead and harvested branches to avoid unnecessary damage to the soil from machinery;
● Leaving buffer zones around water courses to ensure soil and debris from the banks do not fall into streams;
● Leaving dead wood, a number of high tree stumps (approximately three three metre stumps per hectare are required for FSC certification) and retention trees to benefit wildlife;
● Leaving forest set-asides (5% is required for FSC certification);
● Maintaining and enhancing the mixture of tree species; and, ● Using GPS to help manage planning and ‘site-adapted forestry’ techniques with far greater precision.
Traceability In addition to these measures, ACE UK members and their paperboard suppliers have put rigorous traceability systems in place so that they can trace fibre back to the forest area it came from. These systems are independently verified and certified annually according to ‘Chain of Custody’ (CoC) standards set by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). ACE UK members have also initiated a global voluntary sector commitment on wood traceability to have 100% chain- of-custody certification; against which they are progressing well with a target of 2015 for all liquid packaging board purchased worldwide for the manufacture of beverage cartons and by 2018 for all their own packaging material manufacturing plants worldwide As the concept of natural capital spreads more widely in economic and business circles, the grocery sector has the opportunity to get one step ahead by prioritising certified wood fibre and other natural renewable materials within its supply chains. However, as important as natural capital
and responsible sourcing are, it is equally important to use what is sourced in a sensible way, and for packaging this means obtaining maximum value from resources by extending the lifetime through recycling.
Recycling All of the materials used in the manufacture of beverage cartons are fully recyclable. After significant commitment from ACE UK’s members and years of working closely with stakeholders, almost 90% of UK local authorities now offer a carton recycling service – either from the kerbside or through the industry’s own bring bank system. A further boost to recycling rates is expected later this
year with the opening of the UK’s first dedicated beverage carton reprocessing facility at the Sonoco Alcore paper mill near Halifax, West Yorkshire. Capable of recycling 25,000 tonnes of cartons sorted from household and commercial waste streams, we anticipate many more councils will choose to collect cartons, making it easier for consumers to recycle them, thereby increasing recycling rates. The reprocessed fibres will be made into recyclable coreboard for products such as cling film and textile tubes. This means the green credentials of beverage cartons are improved further still and this value is passed along the supply chain. What results is a dedicated recycling route with a very short chain of custody. By carefully examining its own value
chain, the beverage carton industry helps retailers and manufacturers assure consumers that paper-based packaging using sustainably-sourced wood fibre is a responsible choice. This means that forests and the species that depend on them will thrive, and through recycling, the material value is extended.
The presence of small open spaces within forests has a positive effect on all groups of biodiversity except mosses and wood- land plants
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