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Berry bpi group has announced that they now have four sites confirmed to have achieved Zero-Waste to Landfill status.
The business, the UK’s largest producer of refuse sacks and the largest polythene recycler in Europe, had already received accreditation at three of its UK manufacturing sites, and now PLASgran Ltd – the rigid plastics recycler it bought last year – now also sends nothing to landfill.
The company has also signed up to Operation Clean Sweep, the international plastics industry initiative to reduce plastic pellet waste ending up in rivers, oceans and beaches.
Berry bpi group’s Daryl Winder commented: “The environmental benefits of recycling plastic are becoming more widely recognised, in turn maximising reusable material and diverting waste from landfills and the ocean. For these reasons we’re proud to produce finished product from post-consumer plastic with zero waste from the process.”
The four sites received Zero Waste to Landfill certification from Valpak. This means the sites are:
• Sending zero waste to landfill – including production, hazardous and packaging waste.
• Sending a limited amount of waste to be used for energy from waste (EfW) purposes.
• Committed to continuously improve, by reducing the amount of waste created and sent for incineration.
Of the waste sent offsite, the amount being recycled has increased from 20% in 2016 when the business first achieved Zero Waste status, to 52% today.
The sites have gained ISO 14001 accreditation for environmental management, which helps to control the amount of waste being generated. The company also continues to train staff, raise the profile of waste management on site, and increase waste segregation.
Berry bpi group receives tens of thousands of tonnes Three targets for Tork
Tork’s latest Sustainable Life Trend Report sets out the brand’s key ambitions in three main focus areas: well-being, circularity, and more from less.
Essity’s Communications Director, Reneé Remijnse, said: “We aim to raise hygiene standards for everyone while also improving well-being in the workplace. We work on educating people on hand hygiene and trained more than 175,000 people last year. And by 2030 we want 60% of all our innovations to be people-centric.”
The Tork ‘more from less policy’ is about supporting sustainable consumption and ensuring that all Tork dispensers are designed to naturally reduce overuse and waste by giving out one sheet of paper or shot of soap at a time.
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The Tork brand is also seeking to improve the sustainability of its manufacturing processes. Remijnse continued: “Our target for 2030 is to come up with better solutions that lower the environmental footprint of these processes by 33%.”
Tork is a brand of Essity, a global hygiene and health company with a strong sustainability ethic. Sustainability is an integral part of Essity’s business and the company focuses on issues such as human rights, community relations, responsible sourcing and resource- efficient production.
The Tork Sustainable Life Trend Report can be read here.
www.tork.co.uk
www.tork.co.uk/sustainabilityreport
of scrap polythene per year and recycles it into finished goods. It manufactures its flagship and award-winning environmental Green Sack range from 100% recycled UK farm polythene.
The company also has a wider refuse and healthcare portfolio, including domestic waste, compactor and compostable sacks, caddy liners and clinical waste sacks. The entire refuse sack range has the relevant technical CHSA certifications and UN approval.
www.bpi-refuse.com
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