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economic growth and create jobs. This new recycling plant is an exciting development and I’m delighted to see businesses working together to improve our ability to recycle more here in the UK. There is a huge global market for waste and recycling and I want to see UK businesses leading the way on this and helping us compete in the global race.” More than 180 local authorities in the UK have agreed to collect cartons for shipping to the facility. By the end of 2013, ACE UK expects another 10 local authorities to start collecting cartons in their kerbside service. Richard Hands, chief executive
of ACE UK, said: “The ultimate aim of our members – Tetra Pak, Elopak and SIG Combibloc – is to meet the requirements of retailers, manufacturers and consumers for packaging that is easy to recycle. Kerbside recycling schemes provide the most convenient collection method for consumers and we expect more cartons to be collected in this way now that local authorities have a secure domestic market for this material stream. “While we have already made
great progress – the number of local authorities collecting cartons at the kerbside has increased more than ten-fold in the last six years – we’re really excited by this
secure supply of material for our company.”
The fine polymer and aluminium
layers used in beverage cartons (the latter only for long-life products), which respectively prevent leakage and provide a protective barrier to oxygen, are also separated as part of the recycling process. Several different approaches
for recycling and/or recovering this fraction are currently being assessed by Sonoco Alcore and systems will be in place in 2014, said ACE UK. The polythene and aluminium will be stored until then: it will not be landfilled or exported. Key to the recycling process is
development and its potential to further transform carton recycling in the UK.” Adam Wood, manager of Industrial Converting Europe at Sonoco Alcore, said: “Sonoco Alcore will use the high-quality fibres from collected cartons to produce paperboard. This
paperboard is used to manufacture our tubes and cores, which are also recyclable. “The new carton recycling facility
is capable of producing enough material each year for 15,500 tonnes of new coreboard, enough to make 17.8 million average-sized cores and provide a consistently
the Kadant Helico pulper using ambient water and a large rotating screw to separate out the fine polyethylene and aluminium layers from the paperboard layers and breaks the paperboard down into a fibre slurry. The process takes about 20 minutes, after which the fibre components are separated, screened, dewatered and baled. More information from The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment Limited, Herons Way, Chester Business Park, Chester CH4 9QR. UK. Tel; 44 1244 893 846. Website:
www.ace-uk.
co.uk
September 2013
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