YOUR FLEXIBLE PACKAGING PARTNER TOWARDS A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

CIRCULAR ECONOMY

PLASTIC AS MATERIAL HAS SEVERAL ADVANTAGES COMPARED TO OTHER MATERIAL TYPES, WHICH HAVE A HEAVIER ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT FOR INSTANCE IN RELATION TO ENERGY CONSUMPTION. FURTHERMORE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MATERIAL MAKE IT EASY, CHEAP AND RELATIVELY SIMPLE TO RE-USE. IN THIS WAY PLASTIC BECOMES AN ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTOR IN SOLVING THE CHALLENGES CONCERNING OUR NATURAL RESOURCES.

PLASTIC IS AN ESSENTIAL PART OF THE SOLUTION FOR THE FOOD INDUSTRY, AS PACKAGING IS A KEY DRIVER TO MINIMISE FOOD WASTE. STILL THERE ARE MANY GOOD REASONS FOR CHANGING THE WAY WE PRODUCE AND CONSUME PLASTIC PACKAGING TODAY. THE TOOL FOR THE SOLUTION CAN BE FOUND IN THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY, IN WHICH WE PRODUCE PACKAGING FOR REUSING AND RECYCLING.

AS A MEMBER OF THE DANISH PLASTICS FEDERATION WE ARE THEREFORE PART OF THE INITIATIVE FOR THE FORUM FOR CIRCULAR PLASTIC PACKAGING IN DENMARK. THE FORUM HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE CIRCULAR WAY FOR OVER A YEAR TO CREATE TOMORROW’S SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABLE PLASTIC PACKAGING BY GATHERING STAKEHOLDERS FROM THE WHOLE VALUE CHAIN TO JOINTLY INITIATE THE NECESSARY ACTION. WE ARE WORKING PROACTIVELY, AND WE ARE ALREADY IMPLEMENTING CONCRETE GOALS IN THE CONVERSION TO CIRCULAR PLASTIC PACKAGING.

METAL-FREE OPTIONS

TO OBTAIN A MORE SUSTAINABLE IMAGE WE HAVE DEVELOPED METAL-FREE FILM SOLUTIONS AS ALTERNATIVES TO THE CONVENTIONAL ALUMINIUM AND METAL-BASED FILM COMBINATIONS. THE NEW SOLUTIONS ARE STILL OFFERING YOU THE SAME HIGH-BARRIER AND ANTISTATIC PROPERTIES.

IN A CLOSE DIALOGUE WITH OUR CUSTOMERS WE ARE ABLE TO TAILOR-MAKE THE OPTIMUM FILM QUALITIES PROVIDING THE SIMILAR RUNABILITY ON THE PACKING MACHINE.

EU PACKAGING STRATEGY

OUR SUSTAINABILITY MANAGER IS A MEMBER OF THE DANISH FORUM FOR CIRCULAR PLASTIC PACKAGING WHICH AMONG OTHER THINGS HAS PRESENTED A DESIGN MANUAL ON RADICAL PACKAGING CHANGES PACKAGING FOCUSING ON REUSING AND RECYCLING. ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS A CASE STUDY OF HOW CONSUMER WASTE CAN BE USED FOR NEW PACKAGING, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STANDARDISING WASTE HANDLING IN DENMARK.

WHILE WE ARE CONTINUOUSLY WORKING ON THE FOREFRONT WITH SOME NEW DEVELOPMENTS, WE ARE WORKING AT A DAILY BASIS TOGETHER WITH OUR CUSTOMERS IMPLEMENTING MORE SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS SUCH AS METAL-FREE LAMINATES AND BIO-BASED FILMLAYERS IN ORDER TO ADAPT TO THE PACKAGING DIRECTIVES IN DENMARK AND IN THE EU.