“PackTheFuture”: Markus Müller-Drexel presents Sustainable Plastic Packaging Award in the Ecodesign category
Award for eco-friendly packaging design +++ Interseroh, as the new partner of the initiative “PackTheFuture”, involved in the award winners’ selection for “Sustainable Plastic Packaging Award” +++
Cologne/Paris. As the new partner of the initiative “PackTheFuture”, Markus Müller-Drexel, Managing Director of INTERSEROH Dienstleistungs GmbH, presented this year’s Sustainable Packaging Award in the Ecodesign category to the companies Groupe Barbier, Heinz Plastics Böhm, Incoplas, Jokey Plastik Wipperfürth and Nordfolien at yesterday’s ALL4PACK trade show in Paris. The winners prevailed against 34 competitors in this category. The candidates were able to apply in four categories in total: Ecodesign, Product Protection, Consumer Benefit and Save Food. The objective of this prize is to advance the creative potential in the field of sustainable plastic packaging in Europe.
“This year, we were able to assess exciting innovations which make a real contribution to environmental protection”, said Markus Müller-Drexel. “All five winners have impressed us with their recyclable and therefore sustainable plastic packaging. It represents a positive example of active circular economy – for our environment and for a world without waste. We would like to thank all the participants and congratulate the award winners.”
To assess the recycling capability of the packaging, the environmental services provider Interseroh focuses on three criteria in particular: Firstly, the packaging should best be made of mono-material to allow for a homogeneous separation of the packaging. Secondly, the packaging should be free from unnecessary barrier layers or metallised materials. And thirdly, the type of packaging should be intuitively identifiable by consumers and should point them clearly towards the respective collection system for used packaging, which is often made difficult by paper compounds.
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Interzero is one of the leading service providers in the field of closing product, material and logistics loops as well as innovation leader in plastics recycling with the largest sorting capacity in Europe. Under the guiding principle of “zero waste solutions”, the company supports over 50,000 customers throughout Europe in the responsible handling of recyclable materials, thus helping them to improve their own sustainability performance and conserve primary resources.
With about 2,000 employees, the company achieves a turnover of over one billion euros (2021). According to Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Interzero’s recycling activities could save one million tonnes of greenhouse gases compared to primary production and more than 8.7 million tonnes of primary raw materials in 2022 alone. As a pioneer in the circular economy, Interzero is winner of the German Sustainability Award as well as the related special award in the “Resources” transformation field for 2024.
Further information can be found at www.interzero.com.