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25 Mar 2016
Circular Economy in focus at Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum
I recently attended the 23rd annual Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum here in Brussels, to take part in an interesting discussion event entitled “Fitting the circular economy into...
03 Feb 2016
Steel packaging backed for preserving vegetables
Happy New Year from everyone here at APEAL.
I hope all our subscribers and stakeholders have had a fantastic break.
I want to start off 2016 by highlighting interesting recent research from German...
04 Jan 2016
Steel packaging gets circular economy boost
It’s been a long wait but it’s finally here - last 2nd December (2015) the European Commission (EC) announced details on the new Circular Economy Package.
It is a breakthrough moment, not only...
24 Nov 2015
An updated tinplate life cycle dataset now available
We've just announced that our latest tinplate Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) dataset has been quality-reviewed and is available online.
Life cycle thinking is vital for the future, and for moving towar...
29 Oct 2015
Europe-wide statistics show steel packaging success and opportunity
On the back of APEAL’s successful event in Warszawa, Poland, “Steel Packaging - Green Solutions for Central Europe 2015”, I wanted to share some interesting statistics on recycling rates in the...
19 Mar 2015
Steel the example in European Environment Agency report
What an endorsement! The European Environment Agency (EAA) use steel as THE example of resource efficiency in its recent synthesis report, “The European environment — state and outlook 2015” (SO...
05 Feb 2015
World Steel Association and #steeltalks
Last Tuesday 27th January, the World Steel Association, which promotes steel and the steel industry to customers, the industry, media and the general public, hosted a Twitter debate called...
17 Dec 2014
Blog post: The ‘Recycles Forever’ Logo and The Circular Economy Package
APEAL recently joined other rigid metal packagingindustry players and trade bodies in developing the “Recycles Forever” logo to engage and educate consumers to better understand their role in keep...
