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Casa Tarradellas invierte 10 M de en una planta de reciclaje y coextrusión de PETThis project is a step more in the environingingmental politics of the company, since it will reduce the logistical impact in his operations
Casa Tarradellas invests 10 M's in a plant for recycling and PET co-extrusion
Editorial Interempresas10/05/2012
10 May 2012
Marries Tarradellas is building a factory to recover and reutilizar the cuts of material PET, that at present produce in his lines of packaging, applying the most innovative technology. This project situates to the company like the first company that elaborates products refrigerados, endowed with the capacity of recovery of his own containers.
The plant of 3.700 square metres will be independent and will be designed with the only function to recover the cuts of plastic generated in the process of packaging of the company. The investment estimated, of more than 10 million euros, will generate 10 new places of work, in a first phase. With this project Marries Tarradellas advances in his politics of sustainability, at the same time that reduces costs and increases his competitiveness.
In the new installations, of 3.700 square metres, will recover the cuts of plastic generated in the process of packaging of the company.
Once clean and esterilizado, the material recovered co-extrusionará between two layers of virgin plastic and will use to pack new products
hygiene and trazabilidad of the process
The material that recover of the next plants, once clean and esterilizado, co-extrusionará between two layers of virgin plastic and will use to pack new products. Besides, unlike other plants of recovery of containers, the material recovered is 100% trazable, as it comes from in origin of the own company. This point contributes still a greater index of alimentary hygiene to the products elaborated by House Tarradellas.
Install the plant of recycling and coextrusión in Gurb, in the inmediaciones of the different centres of production, according to first estimates will allow to reach, in 5 years, a logistical saving of more than 1.000.000 kilometres (78 turns to the world) and 400.000 litres of fuel in transport of prime matter and matter to recycle. This supposes a reduction of 1.060 tonnes of C02.
In the actuality, the container of pizzas uses 20% of PET recovered.
The material recovered is 100% trazable, as it comes from in origin of the own company. This point contributes still a greater index of alimentary hygiene to the products elaborated by House Tarradellas
“The forecasts of production of the new PET go to suppose to the agroalimentaria be faithful to his environingingmental politics that pleads for a clear sustainability of the projects. Besides, it will be a form more than preparing to be competitive in a market in which some raw materials are subject to the volatility of prices”, explains the company.
A bet by the sustainabilityHouse Tarradellas was pioneering in betting by the container PET for his pizzas. A container 100% hermetical that reaches the maximum guarantees of conservation and freshness of the product, much better that a box of cartón.el use of a container PET for the pizza in place of a box of cardboard avoids a tala average of 85.000 trees to the year.
The container PET of a pizza is 60% lighter that the container of the box of cardboard, what in a year contributes a positive balance of 8.200 tonnes less than packaging to the year.
In these moments the container of pizzas uses already 20% of PET recovered and with the new technological bet House Tarradellas fixes the aim to arrive between 30% and 70% according to different applications of final packaging. 100% of the products that elaborates House Tarradellas are packed in recyclable materials.
