GLOBAL RECYCLING DAY 2024 – ALPLA MILESTONES
The ALPLA Group has been involved in recycling plastic and converting it into new packaging for over 30 years. Global Recycling Day 2024 will focus on the most important developments and measures that have taken place in the area of recycling in recent years.
ALPLA will produce around 35,000 tonnes of rPET per year at its new recycling plant in South Africa.
Used packaging is anything but useless waste. Quite the opposite, in fact – for ALPLA, it is a valuable raw material that is processed into high-quality recyclates at 13 of ALPLA’s own plants around the world using state-of-the-art technologies. By using recyclates, new packaging is created from used packaging in line with the bottle-to-bottle principle. This promotes the elaboration of efficient recyclables collection, allows regional loops to be closed and boosts the further development of sustainable recycling technologies. Recycling is therefore a fundamental part of a functioning circular economy.
The international ALPLArecycling network now comprises 13 plants – including four joint ventures – in nine countries: Germany, Italy, Mexico, Austria, Poland, Romania, Spain, South Africa and Thailand. The installed and projected output capacity amounts to 350,000 tonnes of PCR material per year – 266,000 tonnes of rPET (recycled PET) and 84,000 tonnes of rHDPE (recycled HDPE).
‘Our top priority is to close loops for our products, create markets with post-consumer packaging and offer our customers the most sustainable packaging solution both locally and globally.’
Philipp Lehner, CEO
ALPLA’s aim is to increase the proportion of processed PCR material in all packaging produced to at least 25 per cent by 2025. In addition, all packaging solutions are to be fully recyclable by then. In order to achieve this and continue to promote recycling in the future, ALPLA invests around 50 million euros a year in the expansion of its own recycling activities.
For ALPLA, recycling is an important contributor to achieving global climate targets, clearly highlighted when the decarbonisation targets were submitted to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) for validation at the beginning of 2024. By using PET and HDPE recycled material in lightweight and recyclable plastic packaging, ALPLA is making a significant contribution to reducing its carbon footprint.
ALPLA milestones:
2024
- New ‘Planeta’ recycling plant in Mexico: After the foundation stone was laid in 2022 and 2023, approval for all lines and the ramp-up of production will take place in 2024.
- The new recycling plant in Ballito, South Africa, is currently under construction. The first machines will be installed in the near future with a view to starting production in 2024.
2023
- Up to 87% CO2: a new calculation of the product carbon footprint confirms the climate protection effect of recycled plastics.
- ALPLA pools all recycling activities under the new ALPLArecycling brand.
- Start of production at the state-of-the-art PET recycling plant in Târgu Mures, Romania. The installed annual capacity is 18,000 tonnes of rPET
2022
- Commissioning of a recycling plant (Envicco) for PET and HDPE in Rayong, Thailand, in collaboration with PTT Global Chemical
- Acquisition of the recycling company Texplast from the FROMM Group as well as all shares in the joint venture PET Recycling Team Wolfen. The annual processing volume in Germany increased to an input of 75,000 tonnes of PET bottles.
2021
- Setting an investment sum of 250 million euros by 2025for the globalisation of recycling activities.
- Commissioning of a new HDPE plastics recycling plant in Toluca.
- Acquisition of BTB PET-Recycling, Germany. The annual processing volume is 20,000 tonnes of PET bottles.
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