14 Jul 2022 --- Stora Enso and Tetra Pak are examining a shared beverage carton recycling solution to meet the growing demand in the Benelux for circular paper-based packaging. The joint feasibility study includes a plan for a comprehensive beverage carton recycling facility at Stora Enso’s Langerbrugge site in Belgium. PackagingInsights speaks with Frank Vandewal, sustainability director at Tetra Pak, and Mandi Alaterä, senior vice president, communications & marketing, division packaging materials at Stora Enso, about the planned beverage carton recycling project.When asked where the companies will source the carton for recycling from, Vandewal says: “The target material for recycling will be the Benelux area. Furthermore, discussions with relevant packaging recovery organizations will start. The focus will be on local recycling, offering full circular solutions: packaging to packaging for fibers via cooperation with Stora Enso and local polyal solutions.”
