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Nidisi Nepal
Sustainability & Social Engagement, Recycling
7th April 2022

ALPLA supports recycling programme in Nepal

The ALPLA Group, the global packaging solutions and recycling specialist, has been supporting the non-profit organisation NIDISI since the end...

Coffee Capsule
Products & Innovation, Sustainability & Social Engagement
14th February 2022

Innovations for a liveable future

Increasing awareness of climate and the environment is currently resulting in technological excellence and approaches which are as resource-conserving as...

In sortenreinen Ballen verlässt das PET die Sammelzentren in Richtung IMER-Recyclingwerk.
Sustainability & Social Engagement, Recycling
31st January 2022

PET becoming a valuable raw material in Mexico

Waste recycling rates tend to be low in emerging countries. These lack the collection systems needed to establish a circular...

aVoice Slider
Sustainability & Social Engagement
1st October 2021

We speak with aVoice

With the aVoice project, ALPLA is seeking to raise people’s awareness of using plastic responsibly as a valuable material and...

Sustainability & Social Engagement
30th August 2021

„A good choice regarding the environment and the climate“

Koinpack is part of Enviu’s Zero Waste Living Lab programme and operates a deposit-based return system in Indonesia. The aim...

Nivea bottle
Products & Innovation, Sustainability & Social Engagement
25th March 2021

#PLASTICPACKAGING: Roll-up packaging saves up to 50 per cent material

A roll-up packaging for care products is setting new standards in terms of sustainability. Its manufacture requires approximately 50 per...

Products & Innovation, Sustainability & Social Engagement
5th March 2021

Leaving a lighter footprint on the planet

Susanne Kaufmann recently presented a sustainable refill system for her company´s skincare products. We met the woman behind the successful...

Newsroom, Sustainability & Social Engagement, Recycling
19th February 2021

ALPLA Group: 50 million euros a year for recycling

The ALPLA Group, a world leader in the development, production and recycling of plastic packaging, is to invest up to...

Sustainability & Social Engagement
16th February 2021

No plastics – no climate protection

An interview with Sylvia Hofinger, Director General of the Association of the Austrian Chemical Industry (FCIO), on plastics, the circular...

Newsroom, Sustainability & Social Engagement, Recycling
25th January 2021

ALPLA expediting a bottle cycle in Italy

The global manufacturer of plastic packaging and recycling specialist, the ALPLA Group, is investing more than five million euros in...

Products & Innovation, Sustainability & Social Engagement
3rd December 2020

Reusable PET bottles for mineral water

ALPLA produces the PET ‘pearl bottle’ for Genossenschaft Deutscher Brunnen – life cycle assessment confirms sustainability of this packaging solution.

Company & Economy, Sustainability & Social Engagement
27th October 2020

In-house production drastically reduces CO2 emissions

Around the world, ALPLA operates 71 of 181 production facilities as in-house plants, right next door to the customers. These...

Sustainability & Social Engagement
10th August 2020

Biodegradable materials - Learning from nature

The usage of novel, biodegradable materials and compostable solutions that replace traditional polymers are strategically important for ALPLA in its...

Sustainability & Social Engagement
Hard, 28th July 2020

For a sustainable future

Fifteen young, junior staff recently considered the subject of sustainability at a workshop at the Hard site. General knowledge on...

Newsroom, Sustainability & Social Engagement
4th June 2020

World Environment Day 2020: ALPLA supporting three organisations

ALPLA, the global specialist for packaging solutions and recycling, is not allowing the coronavirus pandemic to stand in the way...

Sustainability & Social Engagement
Hamm/Hard, 29th October 2019

Life cycle assessment certifies outstanding results for cooking oil PET bottles

Tradition brings obligation – to think ahead. At least, that applies to the cooperation between ALPLA and the German oil...

Sustainability & Social Engagement
Golborne, 7th October 2019

United Kingdom: Food-grade HDPE recycling champion

Every HDPE milk or juice bottle that has been produced in any ALPLA plant in the United Kingdom must consist...

Sustainability & Social Engagement
26th June 2019

Coming together on environmental protection

To mark World Environment Day on the 5th of June, well over a thousand ALPLA employees around the world followed...

Sustainability & Social Engagement
19th December 2018

Climate protection: everybody can play their part

ALPLA’s sites in Vorarlberg are climate-neutral within five years of the foundation of the ‘Klimaneutralitätsbündnis 2025’ (climate neutrality alliance) initiative.

Sustainability & Social Engagement
Hard, 11th October 2018

Insights into the materials cycle of a PET bottle

At the start of October, we welcomed a dozen journalists from Austrian and German industry magazines, as well as premium...

Sustainability & Social Engagement
2nd August 2018

Our mission: Zero Pellet Loss

Plastic pellets are not necessarily a subject that the average person thinks about all too often. But for packaging manufacturers...

New plastics economy
Sustainability & Social Engagement
5th June 2018

Redefining the impact of plastic packaging

There is no denying the functionality of packaging. It protects our food, makes it last longer and enables the transportation...

ALPLA_Support Recycling
Sustainability & Social Engagement
1st June 2018

Five things you can do to support recycling

In our blog post ‘Recycling at ALPLA: an introduction’, we talked about what recycling is and why it is so...

Recycling machinery at recycling plant in Poland
Sustainability & Social Engagement
30th May 2018

Recycling at ALPLA: an introduction

What does recycling mean? According to the definition of the European Parliament, recycling means any recovery operation by which waste...

Introducin the inhabitants of Khandwa to WADI
Sustainability & Social Engagement
27th April 2018

Safe drinking water for Korku and Barela tribes in Khandwa

In April this year, we, Tomas Hromjak and myself, combined a regional visit of ALPLA India with a trip to...

The bottle houses in Uganda - finished and during construction.
Sustainability & Social Engagement
28th March 2018

The Bottle House Project: Tackling Unemployment in Uganda

In 2013, people aged 15 to 24 in sub-Saharan Africa were twice as likely to be unemployed compared to any...

Erik Nielsen

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Senior PR & Corporate Communications Manager
Corporate Marketing & Communications

erik.nielsen@alpla.com

+43 5574 602 1701

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