Recycling

More than 95% of our products are manufactured using fibre-based materials, which means that every sheet of paper and every corrugated container we manufacture can be reused several times.

Recyclable materials

More than 95% of our products are manufactured using recyclable fibre. Consequently, they can be recycled easily. Our corrugated board can be reused up to seven times before the fibres become unusable, while de-inked newsprint can be recycled four times.

Materials that are to degraded for use in the manufacturing process can be utilised as a carbon-neutral energy source. We estimate that using recycled fibre rather than virgin fibre can reduce our associated environmental impacts by as much as 80% and, with recycling systems well established around the world, also deliver economic advantages.

Investing in recycling

As well as manufacturing products that are easy for customers and end consumers to recycle, we also use waste paper and used packaging as raw materials in Mondi products. In 2008, we reused an estimated 1.5 million tonnes of recycled waste this way. Following the commissioning of a new recycling machine at our Świecie mill in Poland during 2009, we will have capacity to transform a further 400,000 tonnes of paper waste into new packaging products.

For more information about Mondi's recycling in South Africa, please visit this website: www.paperpickup.co.za 

Last change: 08/04/2009