Tetra Pak recycled 43 billion packs in 2013

The multinational company Tetra Pak food security recycled more than 43 billion packs in 2013, another four billion the previous year, totalling 24.5% recycling rate.

In the Iberian market, Tetra Pak packages have reached a recycling rate of almost 50%, having been forwarded for recycling about three million packs.

"Achieving environmental excellence is part of the company's strategy for 2020, because we believe is crucial to the future of the company and its customers. We influenced the environmental performance at all stages of our operations since the election of the raw materials, the development of treatment and packaging systems and support to our customers, "said Claes Du Rietz, Tetra Pak ' s Vice President for the environment, cited by Protects What's good.

In Portugal and Spain were placed on the market in 2013, about 7,520 million FSC certified packaging, which represents 44% of all packaging placed in the two markets. The goal of the company is to achieve the 100% up to 2015.

Meet all the environmental results of the Tetra Pak Protects What's good.

In the long run, Tetra Pak's goal is to develop a totally renewable. In 2013 was given a big step in that direction, with the worldwide release of the aperture system LightCap 30, bio-based and produced with high-density polyethylene (HDPE) derived from sugar cane. In 2013, reached 1.1 billion packaging market with this opening system, almost double the figure recorded in 2012.

On average, 75% of a Tetra Pak packaging consists of cardboard from wood. "While company certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), Tetra Pak is committed to stocking up with forests are managed responsibly and other controlled sources, with the objective of using 100% FSC-certified card. This percentage amounted to 38% in 2012 to 41% in 2013. In the last year, were placed on the market 32 billion Tetra Pak's packaging with the symbol of the FSC, which translates into an increase of more than 5 billion packages in the face of 2012, "explains Protects What's good.

Reduce the environmental footprint

Tetra Pak has established as a goal, until 2020, the limitation of climate impact along the value chain 2010 levels, maintaining the growth of their business. To achieve this goal, a number of initiatives were launched, including the development of a system of control and registration in line with the standards of the Business Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions along the value chain (Green House Gas Protocol Corporate Value Chain). The system shows that, between 2010 and 2013, Tetra Pak has reduced emissions from its operations in 2.000 tons CO2e (carbon dioxide equivalent), while it recorded a growth of 12% in the total number of packages sold.

Tetra Pak reports publicly the progress of your emission control program through the CDP. In 2013, Tetra Pak has improved their rating from 77 to 91 CDP, considered very high value value vis-à-vis industry average is 49. CDP (formerly known as Carbon Disclosure Project) is an independent, non-profit organization that supports companies in the evaluation, dissemination, management and sharing of environmental information.

In 2013, were also released a series of innovations in the field of equipment and support services to clients in reducing their environmental footprint. For example, was made available the Tetra Alcross RO Lite for small and medium-sized producers of cheese allows you to transform the serum with excess water, considered waste of production, a commercial product.

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