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The Global Recycling Foundation has announced that Mike Mackay, managing director of Despray Environmental in the Netherlands, as one of the ten distinguished recipients of the Recycling Heroes 2024 award.
This recognition, awarded on the occasion of the seventh Global Recycling Day (18 March), celebrates Mackay's exceptional contributions to advancing aerosol recycling technology, said Despray…
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MetalMatters, an industry-supported campaign that encourages households to recycle their cans, foil, empty aerosols, trays, tubes and metal screw tops, has been rolled out by West Devon Borough Council in the UK.
As part of continued efforts to improve kerbside recycling rates, the initiative will see residents across the region receive an informative leaflet posted directly through their…
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Governments, industry associations, businesses and civil society must work together to prevent further climate breakdown and create the conditions needed for a just transition to a low-carbon economy, Unilever has said.
The corporation said that it has taken strides in its own operations, lowering emissions by over two-thirds since 2015, but that it needs to act well beyond our factory…
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Over the last 25 years, Despray Environmental has 100% recycled and removed over 560 million aerosol cans from the waste stream.
These ongoing efforts are currently responsible for 260 cans per second and rising with every Despray system that is commissioned, said the organisation.
The combined efforts of Despray co-founders Mike MacKay and Eelco Osse has led to this 'monumental achievement',…
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Lindal Group, a global leader in the design, manufacture and sale of specialist valves, actuators and spray caps used in aerosol products, has joined other key members in the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative as a funding partner.
Spearheaded by Alupro, the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative was launched in 2022 to increase awareness and uptake of aerosol recycling across the UK.
Working towards a…
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BDF Nivea Brasil is continuing to partner with Grupo Muda to optimise its waste chain and reduce environmental impact.
The organisation said the collaboration will support the reverse logistics of 22% of its aerosol deodorants - equivalent to the environmental compensation of approximately 231 tons of packaging.
"Encouraged by our Care Beyond Skin Agenda, we have important global goals,…
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Trivium Packaging has retained its Platinum status - the highest ranking available - in the 2023 EcoVadis sustainability ratings.
For the third time in a row, the company has scored in the top 1% of more than 75,000 companies that are assessed globally for sustainability criteria.
EcoVadis’ platinum award reflects demonstrated improvements and contributions towards sustainable growth in the…
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New measures to standardise recycling for all kerbside collections in New Zealand mean that aerosol spray cans and caps will no longer be accepted from the beginning of next month (February).
Lids and bottle-tops will also no longer be accepted.
Palmerston North City Council said the reason for excluding all aerosols in kerbside recycling is mainly related to health and safety concerns.
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Soudal has announced it will start using Bluemint® steel in its one-component foam production.
The Belgian company said the move is part of a continuous effort to utilise more sustainable packaging, with the new packaging technology leading to a significant reduction of CO2 emisisons.
Bluemint steel is a brand owned by German steel producer ThyssenKrupp. It is produced in such a way that…
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CleanPak, a market leader in aerosol recycling, has joined the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative. Spearheaded by Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, the programme was founded to raise awareness of and increase aerosol recycling in the UK.
Part of Hull-based environmental services specialist Clean Eco Group, CleanPak uses state-of-the-art technology to dispose of both full and…
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The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL) has said new independently verified figures show that steel packaging has already met its new EU recycling rate target for 2025, four years ahead of schedule.
This follows the introduction of a harmonised method for calculating packaging recycling rates within the EU, which APEAL welcomed as an important step towards creating a…
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The Italian Aerosol Association, the Association of Metal Packaging Manufacturers (Anfima), and the country's national consortia for the recycling of aluminium and steel packaging (CIAL and RICREA), have launched an initiative aimed at educating generation Z and millennials on the responsible use of spray cans and their correct disposal for recycling.
The social campaign is called "Spray…
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The Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging (APEAL) has welcomed the European Parliament (EP) plenary vote in favour of stricter recyclability measures inside the Packaging & Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR).
Commending the European Commission’s ambitious proposal for these original measures, APEAL said it acknowledged the efficiency demonstrated by the rapporteur, MEP…
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Alupro, the aluminium packaging recycling organisation, has launched a new report demonstrating the national impact of its educational initiatives within the UK.
The Alupro Impact Report details activity delivered during 2022, explores the outcomes of its latest campaigns and tracks progress towards its goal of achieving a 100% recycling rate for aluminium packaging.
The report explains how the…
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Trivium Packaging is a member of the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative, a working group established by Alupro (the aluminium packaging recycling organisation) in September 2022, with the clear ambition of increasing aerosol recycling rates across the UK.
The group has already undertaken extensive research to define a baseline recycling rate for aluminium aerosol containers, launched a new consumer…
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Coster Group has released its Sustainability Report 2022, which follows the path of transparency and stakeholder engagement. This is the report's sixth edition, having begun in 2017.
Guided by sustainable principles, the company continued to pursue its goals in 2022 as well to strengthen itself in social, environmental and governance areas.
Coster adopted precise, measurable and reproducible…
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Tata Steel, one of the world’s largest steel producers and one of the UK’s leading steel re-processors, has become the latest organisation to join the UK Aerosol Recycling Initiative.
Steel aerosols are easily captured for recycling through existing UK recycling schemes – kerbside, magnetic extraction, and even after waste incineration.
They make a valuable contribution to UK steel…
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Beiersdorf has announced that, from 2023/24, all deodorant cans in its European assortment of NIVEA, 8X4, Hidrofugal and Hansaplast will contain at least 50% recycled aluminum and will weigh 11.6% less due to material reduction.
This will reduce CO2e emissions in the aerosol can value chain by around 58%, according to Beiersdorf. This corresponds to a reduction of around 30 tons of CO2e per…
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