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METAL PACKAGING RECYCLING TARGET ALREADY EXCEEDED Metal packaging recycling in Finland has already attained a rate of 50 per cent. This result reflects the activity invested by the industry and Mepak- Kierrätys Oy. The rate achieved is twice the 25 per cent rate set by the Council of State and has already met the target for 2008. Besides his own organisation, Mepak-Kierrätys Oy managing director, Heikki Riste, also commends the solid support obtained from PYR for the result, as well as the entire packaging chain and recovery firms. “Our role is to organise the recovery of metal packaging in Finland so that the recycling target agreed on with the EU is met – moreover, as cost-effectively as possible,” says Heikki Riste, describing Mepak’s operations. The recycling target, stipulated for metal packaging by the Council of State decision, was 25 per cent in 2001. That target was soon attained with the recycling rate at present at 50 per cent. The new target for 2008 of 50 per cent has therefore already been attained, but the target will probably be raised after that. The producer organisation for metal packaging, Mepak-Kierrätys Oy, was established in October 1997. The organisation represents the entire packaging chain. Kuusakoski Oy focuses on metal Some 2.8 million tonnes of recyclable material passes through the firm, Kuusakoski Oy, on a worldwide scale, including plastic, fibre, car and electronic scrap and scrap metal. In Finland the company processes 800,000 tonnes of metal scrap with 100,000 tonnes processed at the Vantaa Seutula crushing plant. The figures affirm the characterisation made by the Kuusakoski Oy service manager, Risto Pohjanpalo, to the effect that metal and its further processing comprise the focal point of the company. Risto Pohjanpalo states that Kuusakoski’s buoyant market areas at present are the Far East, China and Korea. Logistics forms a major challenge for recycling A person has the natural desire to do the right thing also concerning recycling. Simplicity is critical in this matter. So states Stena Metalli Oy business director, Esko Mustonen. He further emphasises the importance of logistics in recycling, whereby the material goes straight from the user to be processed. He refers to the after-sales concept, implemented by Stena Metalli, as an example of an operator recycling scrap cars. “Collection of the products, recycling and taking care of the remaining waste is part of the service connected to a product,” he says. To optimise collection of metal packaging suitable for recovery, among other considerations, Stena Metalli en- tered into a cooperation agreement with Lassila & Tikanoja last year. Metal scrap efficiently recycled “All the scrap we receive goes for sale. We have not needed any special marketing activities,” explains Riitta Jylhä, adding that the family firm, Jylhän Metalliromu Oy, based in Lapua, has met growing demand for metal scrap by investing in increased processing capacity. She names firms as the most important sources of scrap, further stating, “Waste management firms are also important customers to us as well as the farmers and private citizens that provide us with scrap: small streams grow into large rivers.” Jylhän Metalliromu is also planning to have its own in-house industrial landfill. The company has been able to sort coloured and non-rusting metal pieces from non-magnetic crushed waste in-house since its sorting facility for coloured metals was built in 2004. PHOTO ANTERO AALTONEN PYR tiedottaa 1/06 23
PYR tiedottaa 1/06 News Tiedustelut puh. (09) 6162 3500 / Information tel. +358 9 6162 3500 REKISTERÖITYNEET REGISTERED FIRMS Pakkausalan Ympäristörekisteriin 16.3.2006 mennessä rekisteröityneet yritykset. Useimmista konserneista on tässä luettelossa vain pääkonttori. The following register contains a list of firms and groups that have registered with the Environmental Register of Packaging PYR Ltd up to and including 16.3.2006. Most on the list show only the head office. Kotisivuillamme www.pyr.fi olevassa luettelossa ovat myös 16.3.2006 jälkeen rekisteröityneiden yritysten nimet. The list in our homepages www.pyr.fi contains the names of the firmsthat have registered with PYR after 16.3.2006
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