Reynders signs up to paper liner recycling program

Through the Avery Dennison paper liner recycling program, Reynders offers a collection system to its end users, picking up their siliconized paper liner waste and combining it with other paper and corrugated board waste streams. Similar to other recycling programs, the liner waste has to meet certain quality conditions for the recycling process.

The Avery Dennison-Smurfit Kappa Recycling program is available in Benelux, Germany and the UK.

Reynders sees recycling as a growing business priority, with the new arrangement offering ‘significant benefits’.

Johan Lievens, quality assurance manager at Reynders, said: ‘We know where the material is being processed and Smurfit Kappa certifies that all our paper waste – including the siliconized paper liner – is recycled into the production of new corrugated board.’

‘With an annual disposal of more than 300,000 ton of liner waste in Europe, there is significant potential for this recycling program,’ said Xander van der Vlies, sustainability director at Avery Dennison Materials Group. ‘With the right discipline and with all members of the value chain taking ownership, liner recycling will decrease the overall carbon footprint and avoid the disposal costs of the liner.’

Leon Graff, managing director of Smurfit Kappa Recycling Benelux, added: ‘Making use of our existing collection infrastructure and combining the liner waste collection with other paper or corrugated board waste categories, enables us to reach the critical mass needed to handle the complex logistics around liner recycling.’