At ITC Packaging, we have implemented a sustainability policy for several years now allowing us to affirm that we are compliant with current environmental legislation both in the regional, national and European level. Furthermore, we are currently already compliant with all the new requirements introduced by the newly announced EU regulation, since all our packaging is recyclable when deposited in the yellow containers. As usual, ITC Packaging also undertakes to comply with any requirements that may arise from new legislation.
These legislation changes are seen by ITC Packaging as an opportunity to improve our own processes, reduce our environmental impact and demonstrate our full commitment towards these new environmental policies.
For several years, we have maintained a relationship based on industrial symbiosis with different recyclers who have managed to bring new life to our packaging. In this manner, we have significantly reduced the corresponding waste and environmental costs.
Currently, our production process does not produce any waste, since any production scraps are reintroduced into the plastic cycle for recycling and recovery into products intended for non food use.
From these industrial scraps, we obtain new plastic that is used in the manufacture of mainly agricultural and/ or household items such as plant pots, brooms, dust pans, etc.
Any new products developed by ITC Packaging are created with the purpose of launching new and fully environmentally optimised packaging into the market. Achieving fully sustainable systems, processes and packaging is our ultimate goal when releasing any new product into the market.
Ecodesign is the concept that guides our entire development process for every new project that we embark on and it helps us by raising the following questions: how can we reduce our packaging's weight? How can we optimise its transportation and storage? And how can we obtain a more recyclable container?
By manufacturing thin wall packaging and optimising their width, we have been able to produce increasingly lighter containers that provide significant energy savings when transported and in terms of their carbon footprint. In these regards, we also work on optimising their stackability, in order to optimise the space available from a logistics point of view, which is something that cannot be done with other materials that, due to their features, are not only heavier but more difficult to stack.
On the other hand, in a bid to obtain optimised packaging from a recycling point of view, our containers (including their base, lid and label) are produced from the same material. By producing single material packaging, we are facilitating their recycling and recovery when deposited into the yellow containers.