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Two German plastic firms have taken steps to gain access to recycled material this week, as the price and demand for recycled content continues to rise.
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Alpa plans major investments in recycling (Photo: Alpa)
Austrian packaging manufacturer
Alpla (Hard; www.alpla.com) says it intends to invest a yearly average of EUR 50m through 2025 in the further expansion of recycling activities. Above all, the internationalisation of the measures for making high-quality recyclates is planned in order to close material cycles in as many regions as possible.
In October 2018, Alpla signed the Global Commitment of the New Plastics Economy, an initiative of the
Ellen MacArthur Foundation (EMF, Cowes / UK; www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org). By joining the movement, the internationally active packaging and recycling specialist committed itself to the complete recyclability of its packaging, at least 25% of recycled material in the packaging it produces, and the investment of EUR 50m in reclaim operations: now it plans to spend five times that amount over the next half decade.