UPM
Cooperation with Aliplast for release liner recovery in France / Feedstocks for WPC and packaging products
Finnish pulp, paper and timber manufacturer UPM (Helsinki / Finland; www.upm.com) has announced a partnership with the French subsidiary of Aliplast SpA (Treviso / Italy; www.aliplastspa.com) for release liner recovery with its UPM Raflatac business group, a supplier of self-adhesive label materials.
The Treviso-based Aliplast specialises in collecting and treating recovered plastic films. The cooperation expands the Italian company’s recycling services to polypropylene and paper-based release liners utilising UPM Raflatac’s RafCycle waste management concept.
Aliplast installs large collection bags used by self-adhesive label end-users such as drinks bottlers and companies from the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. The company regularly collects the bags and directs them to its two French sorting centres near Strasbourg and Lyon. After sorting, the waste is transported to its final place of re-use.
Polypropylene liners, including UPM Raflatac’s "ProLiner PP30", are re-used as raw material in the manufacturing of wood-plastic composite (WPC) products at UPM’s factory in Bruchsal, Germany. Other wrapping films are recycled into various packaging products by Aliplast Italy.
Aliplast which is a member of the EU-project "SuperCleanQ" (see Plasteurope.com of 12.01.2012) also collects paper-based release liners for fibre re-use. The recovered paper liners are re-pulped and de-siliconised, and the pulp is used for papermaking at UPM’s paper mills.
The Treviso-based Aliplast specialises in collecting and treating recovered plastic films. The cooperation expands the Italian company’s recycling services to polypropylene and paper-based release liners utilising UPM Raflatac’s RafCycle waste management concept.
Aliplast installs large collection bags used by self-adhesive label end-users such as drinks bottlers and companies from the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. The company regularly collects the bags and directs them to its two French sorting centres near Strasbourg and Lyon. After sorting, the waste is transported to its final place of re-use.
Polypropylene liners, including UPM Raflatac’s "ProLiner PP30", are re-used as raw material in the manufacturing of wood-plastic composite (WPC) products at UPM’s factory in Bruchsal, Germany. Other wrapping films are recycled into various packaging products by Aliplast Italy.
Aliplast which is a member of the EU-project "SuperCleanQ" (see Plasteurope.com of 12.01.2012) also collects paper-based release liners for fibre re-use. The recovered paper liners are re-pulped and de-siliconised, and the pulp is used for papermaking at UPM’s paper mills.
12.04.2013 Plasteurope.com [225051-0]
Published on 12.04.2013