Essel Propack launches 'Project Liberty' for environmental sustainability
Mumbai, Mar 19 (IBNS): Essel Propack Ltd, an Indian Multi-national company in the business of manufacturing laminated plastic tubes, on Monday announced Project “Liberty”, an initiative to improve sustainability.
Project Liberty is an attempt to recycle multilayer laminates which consists aluminium in the structure, by separating aluminium and polymer into two distinct and reusable streams without the use of chemicals or heat.
In this effort Essel has collaborated with multiple major technical partners across the globe and co-developed a solid-state environmental friendly process to liberate aluminium from the laminate/tubes.
Essel uses two basic structures to make laminated tubes:
- Plastic Barrier Laminate (PBL) tubes –made of all plastic layers and are easily recyclable
- Aluminium Barrier Laminate (ABL) tubes –made with combination of polymers and has aluminium foil as the barrier layer.
ABL poses challenges in recycling and the company has been working relentlessly over 4 years on developing a solution to separate the polymer and aluminium.
With Project ‘Liberty’ the polymer fraction can be recovered from ABL tubes and the same can be recycled to various packaging applications. The recovered aluminium metal also shall be reused, making every single tube recyclable.
Speaking on the occasion of the launch, Ashok Goel, CMD, Essel Propack Ltd. said, “The main objective of launching this project is to establish a traceable and sustainable recycling process. Project ‘Liberty’, will not only fulfil our vision of ‘Every single tube made by Essel is recyclable’, but will also help all partners across the value chain in achieving their sustainability goals /commitments to their stake holders.”
The Project has been kicked off and will be implemented in 2 Phases. It shall begin with India where
In Phase-I: The Company will recycle its own tubes and laminate scrap, for which it will equip its units accordingly by Q3 FY 19.
In Phase II: Essel will offer the re-cycling facilities to its Customers & partner with Brand owners to regulate the Post Consumer tubes and offer for recycling.
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