News
12 Jan 2010
German steel packaging recycling rate reaches record levels
The latest official figures from Germany show that recycling levels of steel packaging reached a record 93.6% in 2008, a rise of 2 percentage points from 2007. Germany’s legal requirement for a recy...
10 Dec 2009
New figures show 70% of steel for packaging now recycled in Europe
A landmark 70% of steel packaging now recycled in Europe
The latest figures from APEAL show that over 2.5 million tonnes of food and drinks cans and other steel containers were recycled in 2008, savi...
15 Oct 2009
APEAL campaign within newly elected European Parliament
APEAL began its outreach campaign to the newly elected members of the European Parliament in the first week of July. Since its initial contact with the new parliamentarians, APEAL has been holding a s...
01 Sep 2009
APEAL officially accepted as a member of the CIAA Roundtable
In September, APEAL was officially accepted as a member of the newly established European Food SCP Round-Table. The Round-Table, initiated by the CIAA, the Confederation of the Food and Drink Industri...
19 May 2009
Deposit systems create barriers to trade, says European Commission
Article published by the 'European Environment & Packaging Law' magazine....
01 Apr 2009
Steel Packaging recycling boost
Article in ‘Steel Times International’ reports that the latest figures reveal 69% of steel packaging is recycled in Europe, saving 4.8 Mt of CO2 emissions. Thanks to industry effo...
02 Mar 2009
Steel for packaging: the industry perspectives on the European Packaging Waste Policy
APEAL delivered a presentation at the European Packaging & Waste Law on the steel for packaging industry perspectives on European Packaging Waste Policy....
10 Feb 2009
Little support for MEPs’ call for EU-wide can deposit
Article in 'European Environment & Packaging Law': a call by four MEPs to make metal beverage can producers harmonise "their deposit and return systems" has failed to receive adequate support...
03 Feb 2009
Steel for packaging: strategies to meet the Sustainability Challenge
APEAL made a presentation during the ‘Sustainability in Packaging’ conference organised by Pira. The presentation focussed on steel’s intrinsic values, the importance of recycling to cut dow...
29 Jan 2009
Steel Recycling: A Response to the Sustainability Challenge
APEAL delivered a presentation at the Platts Steel Market Focus Conference in Geneva on steel recycling and the role it plays in responding to the sustainability challenge. The presentation outl...
05 Dec 2008
Eco-Trip – Steel Packaging
On 5th December 2008, APEAL and the Belgian Groupement de la Sidérurgie (GSV) organised an exclusive eco-trip to demonstrate the production and recycling process of steel packaging....
20 Nov 2008
A new integrated approach to the sustainability challenge
APEAL delivered a presentation during the Pack-Vision Congress at Emballage....
19 Nov 2008
Packaging as a marketing driver
APEAL delivered a presentations during the Pack-Vision congress at Emballage...
06 Nov 2008
APEAL speaks at 9th International Tinplate Conference
Philippe Wolper gave a presentation on “steel’s natural properties: a unique position in today’s sustainability challenge”....
29 Oct 2008
APEAL speaks to Emballage Digest magazine
Steel packaging recycling is one of the most natural and efficient short-term measures to reducing CO2 emissions, in response to the global warming challenge....
17 Oct 2008
Reducing CO2 emissions? … don’t forget recycling.
APEAL delivered a presentation during the ‘Packaging in a low carbon economy’ conference, organised by Edge, on 30th September 2008 in Birmingham.
The recycling of 2.5 million tons of steel p...
