DS Smith , a sustainable packaging company and Koen Pack , a provider of flower and plant packaging have collaborate on a customs Closed Loop Recycling System . The unique Recycling System means 100 % of Koen Packs cardboard waste is fully auditable and traceable and guaranteed to make new corner .
DS Smith , which has work with Koen Pack since 2014 , produces millions of tape drive boxes to distribute packaging materials for the party each class . The troupe work in quislingism , across supply chains , with supporting from local partner Nijssen Recycling , to guarantee that 100 % of the 5,000 tonne of cardboard thriftlessness produced each year , was collected , recycled , bring forth new cardboard which created new boxwood . authentication of the organization was establish with its full traceability & auditability .
Robert Kooyman , KAM - Coordinator at Koen Pack : ” By partnering with DS Smith we ’re using our cardboard waste as the raw textile for new boxes , preserving natural resource and boil down CO2 . It ’s wonderful that this solution help to meet our visual sense to work 100 % of our waste into young products . ”
100 % of Koen Pack ’s cardboard recycling in the Netherlands is now recycled into new box The composition board waste at Koen Pack ’s Distribution Centre in Amstelveen is collected by local partner Nijssen Recycling and baled up for pick up by DS Smith . On a even fundament bales of cardboard for recycling are collected and taken directly to De Hoop Paper Mill for pulping , to produce recycled browned liners . These brownish liners are used by the DS Smith Packaging Plant to make the new flower and works boxes , which finish up back at the Koen Pack . This is all part of the 14 - solar day ‘ loge to box ’ packaging recycling cognitive process that underpins DS Smith ’s sustainable business model .
Stephanie Dalton , Innovation Manager at DS Smith Recycling : “ As part of our Now & Next Sustainability we ’re attached to closed - loop solutions and making all our packaging recyclable or reusable by 2025 . Thanks to our partnership with Nijssen Recycling we ’re already able to recycle 100 % of Koen Pack ’s cardboard recycling and keep cloth in the supply chain for longer . ”
By utilizing the existing logistics , the iteration of textile does not call for extra fare requirements . Working in collaboration , the three companies have created solutions to keep materials in the system longer , consolidate resource and avert extra motortruck journey . As it has become more substantive for business to demonstrate sustainable business process , and a amply auditable Closed Loop Recycling organisation , is a vital tool to drive fundamental sustainability goals .
For more information : Koen PackDe Loetenweg 81187WB Amstelveen , the Netherlands+31205452470[email protected]www.koenpack.com
