GREINER PACKAGING INVESTS TO INCREASE RECYCLED CONTENT

摘要

Recycled flake is cleaned and washed, however still requires further decontamination. Installed at Greiner Packaging's factory in Dungannon, Northern Ireland, is a new world-class decontamination unit which enables the removal of impurities and hence, creating a food-safe material. This is integrated with a greater material feed system which is directly linked to a new, extrusion line. This equipment and process arrangement gives complete flexibility with the capacity to utilise recycled input materials, virgin or a combination of both, giving total flexibility to meet customer requirements. "Investing in these two new machines is the latest step in our continued commitment to innovate, increase capacity and reduce our carbon footprint," says Greiner Packaging UK & Ireland Chief Executive Officer Philip Woolsey. "Since Greiner Packaging first introduced its K3® cardboard-plastic innovation in 2007, there has been continuous investment at our UK manufacturing facility. But alongside investing to create new packaging solutions, there has been a constant focus on investing in improving our environmental sustainability performance and pursuing our goal to achieve a circular economy. We are working steadily towards the Dungannon plant becoming carbon-neutral by 2025."