Environmental concerns are a top priority at Faerch Plast, and only environmentally friendly plastics approved for direct food contact are used in production. When incinerated, all our packagings (CPET, APET/MAPET®, PP, PS, AMPET® and PLA) can re-enter the cycle in nature and the only by-products of incineration are CO2 and H2O as well as a minor quantity of ash.

Faerch Plast actively aims to minimize the environmental impact. In 2007, we have established a set of targets for the next 5-year period:

  • To buy from only 100% sustainable electricity sources.
  • Weight reduction by a further 30%.
  • Task all suppliers to reduce their energy consumption by 20%.
  • To supply a truly sustainable and heart stable material for microwave applications.
  • To have the smallest Carbon Footprint in the plastic packaging business.
  • To encourage the collection and recycling of all plastic packaging in all the markets we are present.
  • To use post consumer recycled materials wherever it is technically possible, financially viable and safe in all our products.

With our fully integrated energy and environmental management systems we strive to achieve positive results through the optimization of environmental conditions. This means that we:

  • Recover waste heat from production processes in order to use it for space heating.
  • Continuously work on reducing wastage through close attention to the volume of plastic waste produced and through recovery of surplus material.
  • Constantly develop new types of environmentally friendly packaging (e.g. PLA).
  • Use cold groundwater to cool the production machinery.

We have furthermore received a green smiley for our efforts to improve the working environment. We care for the well being of our employees, and we are certified to both OHSAS 18001 and Departmental order 923.

 

Our Green Accounts can be downloaded from our website. http://www.faerchplast.co.uk/fakta_regnskab.asp .

 

 




 
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