Sustainability 17. October 2023
All from a single source: POLFILM Group joins the circular economy
The conservation of natural resources is becoming increasingly crucial. That's why POLIFILM is taking a pioneering approach towards sustainability. With over 30 years of experience in recycling, the POLIFILM group is once again leading the way by establishing a separate sub-group, POLICYCLE GmbH which consolidates the group’s recycling activities and actively promotes the circular economy.
Under the guiding principle "POLICYCLE – circularity by POLIFILM," POLFILM creates a closed circle for recycling. In collaboration with customers and partners, the group not only focuses on film production and recycling but also establishes the third essential pillar of the circular economy: a take-back concept. As a result, it offers customers a comprehensive solution covering the entire product life cycle, from production to collecting production waste, post-consumer films, recycling and incorporating recycled materials into new film applications.
The advantages for the customer are that with POLICYCLE, POLIFILM will be able to offer its customers even more a wider range of protective films with a recycled content. Whilst protective films with up to 30 percent recycled content are already available today, both with post-industrial recyclate (PIR) and post-consumer recyclate (PCR), we understand that not all recycled materials are the same. By covering the entire material cycle, POLIFILM will soon have in place the necessary systems to incorporate all recycled material types into even highly demanding film solutions.
The POLIFILM Group is actively investing in POLICYCLE with the current focus on expanding the already established dry recycling with technologies such as wash recycling, as well as continuously expanding existing recycling capacities in Germany and worldwide. All of this benefits both the environment and their customers who, as a result of choosing films with a recycled content, can move closer to achieving their sustainability goals.
Under the guiding principle "POLICYCLE – circularity by POLIFILM," POLFILM creates a closed circle for recycling. In collaboration with customers and partners, the group not only focuses on film production and recycling but also establishes the third essential pillar of the circular economy: a take-back concept. As a result, it offers customers a comprehensive solution covering the entire product life cycle, from production to collecting production waste, post-consumer films, recycling and incorporating recycled materials into new film applications.
The advantages for the customer are that with POLICYCLE, POLIFILM will be able to offer its customers even more a wider range of protective films with a recycled content. Whilst protective films with up to 30 percent recycled content are already available today, both with post-industrial recyclate (PIR) and post-consumer recyclate (PCR), we understand that not all recycled materials are the same. By covering the entire material cycle, POLIFILM will soon have in place the necessary systems to incorporate all recycled material types into even highly demanding film solutions.
The POLIFILM Group is actively investing in POLICYCLE with the current focus on expanding the already established dry recycling with technologies such as wash recycling, as well as continuously expanding existing recycling capacities in Germany and worldwide. All of this benefits both the environment and their customers who, as a result of choosing films with a recycled content, can move closer to achieving their sustainability goals.
POLIFILM PROTECTION GmbH
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Ms. Constanze Müller