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Plastic is Fantastic Day 2025: Powerful Material, Powerful Voice

At this year's Plastic is Fantastic Day, industry experts came together to discuss the role of plastic in a sustainable...

ALPLA awards internal sustainability projects

At the third ALPLA Sustainability Award 2024, three outstanding internal projects in the areas of people, planet and profitability were...

Start of single-use deposit in Austria

From 2025, a deposit will be charged on new single-use containers in Austria. What does this mean for manufacturers, consumers...

ALPLA on the right track with recycling

As a signatory of the Global Commitment (GC), ALPLA has committed itself to a total of six goals. The most...

SBTi approved ALPLA’s near-term climate targets

The approval of the ALPLA Group's near-term climate targets up to 2030 by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) shows...

ALPLA among the top 5% of all companies assessed by EcoVadis

ALPLA has been awarded a gold medal by EcoVadis. The award recognizes the company's overall high level of sustainability maturity...

Sport and plastic: what athletes need to know about sustainability

In an open letter to major sports sponsors in the beverage industry, around 100 Olympic athletes are calling for single-use...

‘The current negative views are not based on evidence.’

ALPLA invited Dr Chris DeArmitt, President of Phantom Plastics and one of the world’s leading scientists in the field of...

Sustainable developments at ALPLA Bridgwater

Through innovative waste reduction, rigorous energy management and the consistent implementation of the Zero Pellet Loss programme, ALPLA Bridgwater has...

Why plastic increases sustainability

Humankind is fighting to become more sustainable. To this end, the United Nations has set 17 targets to achieve by...

Focus on Recycling: ALPLA Sustainability report 2021-2022

The international ALPLA Group is presenting its fifth sustainability report under the motto ‘What we do matters’. In it, the...

"Before condemning or defending, it is essential to understand."

Plastic is an integral part of our history, present and future. Nevertheless, it is mainly the downsides that are talked...

ALPLA joins other companies to close the big bag loop

The PET Recycling Team (PRT) as part of ALPLA Group, LC Packaging, Starlinger and Velebit Recycling recently reported a significant...

Plastic with collector’s value

By paying for the receipt of PET bottles, ALPLA is supporting the collection of used beverage packaging in Mexico. Even...

ALPLA Germany focuses more on renewable energies

ALPLA and Statkraft, Europe’s largest producer of renewable energy, sign two long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) from wind and solar...

What are the benefits of the EU Packaging Regulation?

On 30 November 2022, the European Commission presented the draft for new Europe-wide rules for packaging. Less waste, more recycled...

Using simulation technology to create sustainable products

To achieve its ambitious sustainability goals, the ALPLA Group uses virtual product design in its product development in which adaptable...

ALPLA recognises internal projects with Sustainability Award

Smart water monitoring, the advancement of women in India and the efficient plugging of air leaks – three innovative projects...

ALPLA's Canupak reduces carbon emissions by around 71 per cent

The packaging and recycling specialist ALPLA has realised a carbon-optimised prototype solution as a showcase for future products with its...

EU Plastic levy proves not so fantastic: proposals for a fair and sustainable approach

The contribution of the EU Plastic levy is calculated based on quantities of unrecycled plastic packaging. Poorly considered implementation of...

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...

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...

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...

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...

„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...

#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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

For a sustainable future

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 at ALPLA: an introduction

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

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 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...