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Circular factory development in Nyírbátor

Alternative energy use and energy efficiency, Circular economy, Climate protection and adaptation, Waste management, Water usage

“Our circular factory development project in Nyírbátor is special because the environmental footprint of our manufacturing activities is undeniable, so in addition to economic growth, we must also pay special attention to introducing a number of environmental innovations to reduce or even neutralise this footprint.”
Tamás Ács, Managing Director

Company name:

Unilever Hungary Ltd.

Implementation Year:

2021 – 2023

Focus Areas:

Circular economy, Climate protection, climate adaptation, Waste management, Alternative energy use and energy efficiency, Water use

Program Objective:

Between 2021 and 2023, the HUF 15 billion expansion of our Nyírbátor household chemical plant was carried out, with a strong focus on environmental innovation and circular industrial solutions, in addition to technological modernisation.
Our Nyírbátor unit is the Group’s most efficient household chemicals factory in Europe, covering 2/3 of the Eastern European region with products manufactured here. Circular solutions are inspired by the Unilever Group’s sustainability ambitions. This helped in the planning, implementation, internal reporting and impact measurement, as the ambition to go green was not unknown even in a small country like ours and thus had the support of the management.

Program Measures and Commitments:

The factory already has a number of green solutions in place, such as the fact that around 70% of the packaging material produced here is made from recycled plastic, that more than 30% of the waste water generated here is recycled in-house and the rest is fully filtered and cleaned in the factory before being released back into the environment, that 100% of the electricity from the grid will be generated from renewable energy sources from 2021 and that 75% of their entire manufacturing operations will be carbon neutral from 2024. However, the latest factory expansion and the construction of an automated high-bay warehouse have taken the practical implementation of the circular economy one step further. No waste was landfilled during demolition or construction, as it was either fully recycled on site or reused through expert partners. Unilever’s so-called “zero waste to landfill” strategy has inspired many innovative waste management solutions in the past, but the example of Nyírbátor is the one we are most proud of at the moment.
How sustainable is our solution? The inefficient treatment of industrial waste and its eventual landfilling is an outdated and polluting method, but there is an alternative. In addition, the increasingly stringent regulatory environment (both at EU and local level), rising transport costs, rising raw material prices are clear indicators of over-consumption of raw materials and the irresponsible and often wasteful use of the earth’s resources. Against this background, we believe that our solution is not only sustainable, but will also be the only viable option in the near future for all industrial players who wish to remain resilient in the face of various economic and environmental anomalies.

Program Impact and Results:

54 obsolete industrial silos and buildings were demolished at the outset due to the factory expansion, the remains of which were recycled in the following way: concrete rubble (13,000m3) was crushed on site and used for the foundations of the new hall building. The brick waste (6,000m3) was used by our partners for the stabilized soil of a solar park near Nyírbátor and for the stabilization of internal roads within the site. Iron waste (3000tonnes) was purchased from us for automotive purposes.

Keywords:

circular factory development

12.12.2024

Hungarocell Green Program

Circular economy, Climate protection and adaptation, Waste management

“Sustainable, environmentally conscious operations are a key element of our strategy and long-term business plans. As a large ESG-conscious company, we are particularly proud to be the first in the Hungarian construction industry to have established a circular economy programme. In addition, our factories use almost zero waste production technologies and conscious energy management to further reduce the company’s environmental footprint.”
Tibor Dávid, CEO

Company name:

Masterplast Plc.

Implementation Year:

2020

Focus Areas:

Circular Economy, Climate change and adaptation, Waste management

Program Objective:

As a manufacturer and distributor of Hungarocell material, our aim is to recycle as much of the waste generated during its use as possible. As part of our Hungarocell Green Program, we recycle to produce a thermal insulation material called Thermobeton. The programme therefore implements the circular economy by not only reducing the amount of waste generated by the use of the building material we sell, but also by creating a new energy-saving material, thus reducing the carbon footprint. Masterplast’s target is to recycle 10,000 m3 of polystyrene cuttings residue per year.

Program Measures and Commitments:

At the heart of our programme is always that the products we manufacture and distribute are in line with the values our company stands for, and these include environmental responsibility. Our innovative programme is the first and only one of its kind, and its steps are simple: the consumer buys the polystyrene, then collects the cuttings in the bag previously purchased. He then drops it off at one of our partners in the national network of Eco-Points, which Masterplast then returns. It creates a recycled product, Thermobeton, which the consumer can also buy at the Eco-Points mentioned above. In summary, the product contributes to reducing carbon emissions in buildings throughout its life cycle. We started small and now there are over 100 Eco-Points throughout the country where you can join us. As well as providing an environmentally responsible solution, it is also a clear cost-cutting option, as consumers are exempt from the cost of polystyrene waste treatment. So when you drop off unused polystyrene to our partners, we can use it to produce a new, excellent thermal insulation material. So not only are we recycling a material that would have become waste, but we are also doing good in the long term: thanks to Thermobeton, the buildings we construct will be much more energy efficient.

Program Impact and Results:

Our previous target was to save 10,000 m3 of material from becoming waste each year, as 100% of the material is recycled in the manufacturing process. Now this figure stands at 6,000 m3 . With Masterplast products and insulation techniques, energy efficiency improvements of up to 50% and a corresponding reduction in emissions can be achieved on average per building. We put great emphasis on promoting the Programme, so that, by combining the various communication channels (television, website articles, advertisements, trade events), it has already reached hundreds of thousands of people.

Keywords:

recycling, circular economy, thermal insulation, energy savings, carbon reduction

12.12.2024

Implementation of circular economy in a sustainable way

Circular economy, Climate protection and adaptation

“The Master Good Group’s business philosophy is environmentally sustainable management. For us, sustainability is both the present and the future of management. A commitment to sustainability is a mission for us, and we feel it is our duty to be at the forefront of addressing environmental challenges. We are committed to environmental responsibility, and we were the first in our country to implement full-circle farming.”
László Bárány, Managing Director

Company name:

Master Good Ltd.

Implementation year:

continuously

Focus Areas

Climate change and adaptation, waste management, circular economy

Program Objective:

Master Good Ltd is a Hungarian food company group with the mission to produce high quality food for the people. As a leading player in the poultry industry, we aim to be the greenest poultry company in Europe. We have also created the forward-looking full circular economy model to set an example and raise awareness of the need for operators to address environmental challenges alongside their commitment to sustainability.

Program Measures and Commitments:

We were the first in Hungary to implement full circular economy. In recent years, we have placed great emphasis on developing environmentally friendly solutions for the whole area of closed integration. We have created a livestock housing model that features the latest technology, including windows that provide natural light and computer-controlled ventilation systems. The management, mechanisation and use of technology reduces the environmental impact, but ensures the most efficient animal housing available, guaranteeing maximum animal welfare. We are the only poultry farm in the world (Flagship farm Baktalórántháza) to have been awarded the McDonald’s Flagship Farm certification.
A modern innovative approach and progressive practical farming puts this farm at the forefront. Our professional greenfield investment project for a healthy and sustainable environment is the commissioning of our Organic Material Treatment Centre, which is equipped with the latest state-of-the-art technical and biotechnological machinery. The R&D project will use an environmentally friendly process and mechanisation that will enable the processing and sterilisation of deep litter poultry manure on an industrial scale, and the resulting fermentate (manure pellets) will be sold as organic nutrients and recycled back into the soil. Other steps include the operation of a 15-hectare solar farm, continuous improvement of the technology used and company processes to take account of climate change, the purchase of environmentally friendly packaging materials and the proper management of food waste.

Program Impact and Results:

Achieving sustainable production and ensuring quality to consumers has been a major challenge for us as a Hungarian food company. However, having achieved this goal, we can now say that we are processing everything in our production process in a profitable way, apart from the chicken pecking. With the help of our installed solar panels – an investment at the start, but later on it will reduce our operating costs by saving energy – we will cover more than one third of the Group’s total electricity supply with green energy by the end of 2023.

Keywords:

Circular economy in the food industry

12.12.2024

TORK PaperCircle program

Circular economy, Climate protection and adaptation, Waste management

“For us, sustainability is not just a slogan or a fashion, but a business concept and product strategy that has been in place for years: as the largest forest landowner in Europe, Essity’s former parent company, the Swedish forestry company SCA, has always been committed to sustainable management. For me as a family man, it is also important to preserve the planet for the next generation, and my children hold me accountable for what I do for the environment in my work.”
Zoltán Venter, Managing Director

Company name:

Essity Hungary Kft.

Implementation year:

2018

Focus Areas:

Climate protection and adaptation, Waste management, Circular economy

Program Objective:

We have committed to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. In the short term, we have committed to a 35% reduction in our emissions from manufacturing and raw material use by 2030. To achieve net-zero emissions, we have developed an eight-point climate plan, including investments in technologies that improve energy and resource efficiency, and focus our innovation competence on waste reduction and sustainable solutions. We offer services and products that fit into the circular system.

Program Measures and Commitments:

As a responsible company producing paper products, it is important that we operate business models that include the efficient recovery of used products and use technologies that are capable of producing recycled products of high quality.
We are constantly innovating to achieve this, and in 2018 we set new and ambitious targets to reduce waste – launching the world’s first handkerchief paper recycling scheme, PaperCircle. Available in 15 countries across Europe, the scheme involves washroom users hand-drying their paper hand towels and then throwing them into a separate collection bin, which is then separated by cleaners when they empty the bin. Our recycling partner then collects and transports the collected hand towels to the nearest Essity factory. Essity then uses the collected hand towels to make new paper products, so the cycle continues and new products are returned to our customers.
Another important milestone is the use of alternative raw materials, such as wheat straw, which is the plant fibre left over after wheat is harvested. At present, almost half of the world’s wheat straw is classified as waste, but value can be created from it. Our manufacturing process produces a pulp that is soft, shiny and strong, similar to the pulp made from fresh wood fibre. This is used by several of our businesses to make hygiene products. Our circular innovation reduces the environmental impact of our products, as this raw material is recyclable and requires less water and energy to produce.

Program Impact and Results:

We calculate that our PaperCircle programme can reduce the amount of waste going to landfill by at least 20% and improve the carbon footprint of the point of use by up to 40%. For example, an office of 50 people could reduce its monthly carbon emissions by almost 12 kg by using the service. We’ve also created a calculator that allows anyone to work out how much the company, office or institution they work in could contribute to reducing their carbon emissions annually by joining Tork PaperCircle.

Related keywords:

recycling of hygiene products

12.12.2024

Loop by Daikin

Circular economy, Climate protection and adaptation

“At Daikin, we are committed to playing an active role in solving social problems related to global warming. To this end, we are investing in innovation and developing local manufacturing capacity in Europe to deliver reliable, smart and energy-efficient heat pumps that can help us make the transition to a carbon-neutral society.”
Balázs Zuggó, Managing Director

Company name:

Daikin Hungary Kft.

Implementation year:

2020

Focus Areas:

Climate protection and climate adaptation, Circular economy

Program Objective:

Daikin has set itself the goal of becoming a carbon neutral company by 2050, supporting the European Union’s efforts to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The Group is convinced that this can only be achieved by working together, with the cooperation of all stakeholders.
However, the increase in refrigerant use due to the rise in the number of appliances produced by the sector is raising concerns about environmental impacts, particularly climate change.

Program Measures and Commitments:

The Loop by Daikin project initiative is a joint action of Daikin Central Europe, Daikin Europe and Daikin partners to create a circular economy of refrigerants.
The basic principle of the programme is simple: under an agreement with investing customers, the used refrigerant is recovered from existing systems, restored to the same quality as the new refrigerant, with the support of a network of service and refrigerant distribution partners. Then the recovered refrigerant is used in new VRV units manufactured and sold in Europe. The programme is a great example of the circular economy in action, as it spans Daikin’s entire value chain and also gives business partners the opportunity to join. We already have customers in Hungary who have joined the programme.
The use of reclaimed refrigerant also helps to comply with the F-gas regulation, as used refrigerants are not subject to refrigerant quota reductions, thus supporting the growth of the HVAC-R sector in a sustainable way. Audit guarantees that the quality of the reclaimed refrigerant is the same as the new refrigerant. The independent verification process also ensures that the reclaimed refrigerant is only used for factory charging of Loop by Daikin branded VRV units.

Program Impact and Results:

The Loop by Daikin program started with the reuse of one of the most widely used refrigerants, R-410A, tailored to selected Daikin VRV models. Thanks to its success, the company decided to extend it to all VRV units manufactured and sold in Europe from November 2020; and to newer refrigerants (e.g. R32, R134a) and other product groups (e.g. liquid chillers). The programme currently avoids the production of 400,000 kg (3,590 tonnes of CO2 eq emissions) of new refrigerant. More than 20,000 Loop units have been sold so far, including the office building where Daikin has its headquarters, which also has Loop VRV units and is looking to expand the programme further.

Related keywords:

recycling of refrigerants

12.12.2024

Indoor community composting in an educational circular system

Circular economy, Climate protection and adaptation, Waste management

“Our development is a composting system that actively helps in environmental education and awareness raising. With our solution, every community can actively contribute to a more livable and greener urban environment in a playful way.”
Emese Pancsa, Managing Director

Company name:

Compocity Kft.

Implementation year:

2022

Focus Areas:

Climate protection and climate adaptation, Waste management, Circular economy, Consumer awareness

Program Objective:

Compocity Ltd. is a sustainability service startup operating since 2020, supporting circular economy challenges in urban environments with a smart composting service. Through their activities, from sustainable practices in smart cities to improving soil health, workers are taking action against the impacts of climate change in a way that is driven and powered by community collaboration itself. A smart composting device and its playfully educational app with its tracking solution keep the value chain from apple pip to happy urban vegetation in one hand. Employees can thus be connected to ESG goals at individual and community level.

Program Measures and Commitments:

According to the UN, by 2050, seventy percent of the population will live in cities, with a significant proportion working in office environments. Thirty percent of office waste is organic green goods, for which Compocity has created an urban ecosystem system: CompoBot, a composting chef, uses a microorganism cocktail to create a nutrient-rich soil food. The cycle is provided by Compocity through its partnerships to care for the urban green issue, but where there is an openness to do so, communities themselves can participate in the process and return nutrients to urban soils and plants in the form of planting. This is complemented by a playful mobile app that allows office communities to monitor their work and environmental impact. All this has a community-building and educational power, in addition to the data collected to support companies’ sustainability efforts. The urban Miyawaki mini-forest method used by Compocity provides both urban compost utilization and a maximized community customer experience in a species-rich ecosystem, closing the urban loop. Not only is the home-grown method using native vegetation, but Compocity’s development includes a range of habitat creation activities from insect hotel making to synodu to increase biodiversity. Their message is that you can enter anywhere in the cycle either by installing Miyawaki mini-forests and creating nutrients for it, but you can and should avoid the creation of food waste in an easy, playful and value-creating way.

CompoBot monitors the material thrown in, sends feedback to the user and illustrates the usefulness at scale through everyday examples. A monthly report summarises for the company the equivalent activities of different CO2 emissions, key information on recovery and community activities, highlighting also the individual involvement of employees.

Program Impact and Results:

Currently reaching more than 15 large companies with nearly 20,000 users per day. Over the next 5 years, their impact will be: 75,000 Compobots in operation, 136,500 tonnes of organic material produced, 819,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent emissions prevented, 15 million users reached per day, 45.5 million trees planted to channel their nutrient needs into various environmental benefit projects and to measure the benefits, provide feedback and further build the motivation system that makes corporate responsibility locally accessible.

Related keywords:

circular economy, food waste, community composting, sustainability pedagogy

12.12.2024

Digitalisation in food waste processing

Circular economy, Climate protection and adaptation, Waste management

„At Biofilter, we are constantly striving to achieve new milestones in environmental protection and efficiency, and to support the implementation of the circular economy and the growth of renewable energy sources through our developments.”
György Deák, CEO

Company name:

Biofilter Zrt.

Implementation year:

2023

Focus Areas:

Climate protection and adaptation, Waste management, Circular Economy

Program Objective:

By collecting waste, BIOFILTER Zrt. prevents its accumulation and its negative impact on the environment, and by recycling it, it helps to produce bio-energy carriers. The collection and recycling of food waste from restaurants and other catering establishments has been operating in Hungary since 2004. Although a number of campaigns have been launched to reduce food waste, the amount of food waste generated is still significant and modernisation of processing procedures has become essential to ensure proper pre-treatment of waste. In response to these trends, Biofilter has been one of the first to transform its food waste processing plant to make the digital transition.

Program Measures and Commitments:

The new industrial robotic arm represents a huge step forward in the company’s food waste processing process. The company’s Lepsény plant receives around 600-800 blue drums of food waste per day. The robotic arm will complement the manual processing of these. The robot guides the incoming food waste from the barrels to the sorting and grinding system. After pouring, it can determine by weighing whether the barrel has been emptied properly or whether extra help is needed to empty it. If the keg is properly emptied, it is placed on the conveyor of our automatic keg washing system, where a pre-washing process cleans out any debris left in the keg, which is then returned to the grinding hopper to ensure nothing is wasted.

The first stage of the grinding hopper is a sorting belt, where inappropriate materials are sorted by hand. For example, knives or forks often end up in the barrel, so a metal detector is built into the belt. From the sorting belt, the waste flows into a grinder, which can grind the food waste into a size that can be used more efficiently in biogas plants.
The sorted, shredded food waste is transported to biogas plants in closed, containerised trucks for recovery. Biogas production results in renewable energy, electricity and heat. The industrial robotic arm can process up to 1,000-1,200 barrels per day, increasing the capacity of the plant.

Program Impact and Results:

Over the past years, the amount of food waste collected has gradually increased, and in 2022, Biofilter Zrt. has processed nearly 10,000 tonnes of food waste, of which 100% has been biogas. This is the equivalent of the annual electricity consumption of nearly 6,500 households in renewable energy production. Biofilter Zrt. is constantly striving to achieve new milestones in environmental protection and efficiency and to support the implementation of the circular economy and the development of renewable energy sources.

Keywords:

circular economy, food waste, digitalization

12.12.2024

„New Life by Auchan”

Circular economy, Climate protection and adaptation, Consumer awareness

“Auchan Hungary, as a responsible company, is aware of the need for retailers to take action for a more sustainable future. One more thing I would like to highlight in this context is education, as this is part of our sustainability goals. We are constantly working to ensure that changes are noticed by our customers and that they are comfortable with them. We also want to promote a collective change of attitude through our environmentally friendly investments and measures, as we have many people coming to us every day who see what Auchan is doing in this area.”
Viktória Lucenko, CEO

Company Name:

Auchan Magyarország Kft.

Implementation Year:

2022

Focus areas:

Climate protection, Climate adaptation, Waste management, Circular economy, Consumer education

Program Objective:

In March 2022, the retail chain also took up the fight against the polluting effects of the textile industry by launching a second-hand clothing business called New Life by Auchan. The company’s revolutionary measures to reduce electronic waste, in addition to eliminating plastic and reducing textile waste, will also include second-hand phones from July 2022. Fully refurbished mobile phones will come back with a one-year guarantee, at a much lower price than the original. This means that customers will be able to buy high-quality products at a much lower price than new, both online and in four stores.

Program Measures and Commitments:

The textile industry has a highly polluting impact on many areas, such as increasing water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions and landfill saturation. The continuous production of clothes also leads to a significant increase in textile waste. Auchan wants to draw attention to this problem, which is why it has decided to include a second-hand clothing collection in its range, called New Life by Auchan.

Auchan places a high priority on sustainability and wants to encourage its customers to do the same. It is indeed important to seize these opportunities, because if we think that “it’s not up to me”, we are very much mistaken. A lot of small things can make a big difference, and the more of us who take this path, the more we can reduce the impact on our environment.

The New Life by Auchan collection is a great way to shop more consciously, and we can give new life to some second-hand items in our spring wardrobe. The new collection is accompanied by a heart-warming campaign, with posters with charming words like “I’m ready to start a new life with you” or a windbreaker that reads “Be my new companion and I’ll protect you from the wind”.

Program Impact and Results:

The pioneering initiative was launched on 16 March 2022 in seven Auchan stores: in Budaörs, Debrecen, Dunakeszi, Székesfehérvár, Miskolc, Szigetszentmiklós and Maglód. The second-hand clothes are tastefully arranged, and the selection is wide and includes quality women’s and men’s items. The carefully checked, sorted, good condition clothes arrive after thorough disinfection, packed, labelled and hung up in the stores. Prices for the New Life by Auchan collection range from 990 HUF to 3300 HUF.

Keywords:

NewlifebyAuchan, Auchan, secondhand, secondhand clothes, secondhand phone, secondchance

15.08.2024

Protein production in circulation

Circular economy, Climate protection and adaptation

„Our aim is to create a more efficient and sustainable feed production system than ever before, using environmentally friendly technologies. We are improving our processes every day to further contribute to the development of a circular biomass-based domestic economy.”
Rajmond Percze, Managing Director

Company name:

Agroloop Hungary Kft.

Implementation Year:

2017

Focus Areas:

Circular economy, Climate change, climate adaptation

Program Objective:

Agroloop Hungary Ltd. aims to reduce European protein exposure by producing feed from locally available, low feed-grade raw materials, which it converts into premium quality feed protein and fat using fly larvae. Globally, one third of all food produced for human consumption, around 1.3 billion tonnes per year, ends up as waste or is wasted. These are often industrial-scale by-products with valuable nutritional content. Agroloop has recognised the potential of these resources and, thanks to its circular operation, is able to recycle them without any pollution.

Program Measures and Commitments:

We are also investing more than €20 million to expand our black soldier fly rearing and processing operations on the outskirts of Budapest. In our circular model, we feed insect larvae to food by-products at the bottom of the feed value chain, and then use the larvae to produce premium feed ingredients for pets and livestock. Since many apples are grown in Hungary, juice producers produce a lot of pomace and fruit pomace. This is wet and does not keep very long, so it cannot be transported very far. The same is true for unused parts of maize, or even wheat bran, but it is also the raw material for packaged salads, and for insects, for example, cabbage stalks or unused parts of salads are perfect. It is from these ‘organic by-products’, which others have already discarded or burnt, that the biomass is produced to feed the black soldier fly larvae. The larvae rapidly increase their body mass, grow in an automated system, confined in thousands of crates, and eventually all the adult larvae and the compost (insect excrement) produced as by-products are used. The premium quality feed protein and oil provides an excellent feed material for pet food (dogs, cats) and livestock feed (pigs, poultry). The potting soil-like excrement of the larvae is used to produce compost that is both suitable for restoring the eviscerated soil and also provides essential nutrients for the plants. In this system, resources are used for as long as possible, waste and pollution are minimised and products are recycled, repaired or reused at the end of their life cycle.

Program Impact and Results:

Unlike feed protein from the average livestock production, insect larvae and their feedstocks can be produced on a comparatively smaller land area and using less water, with lower carbon emissions, per unit weight. Insects are cold-blooded and therefore use significantly less energy during their life cycle, requiring only 10 litres of water to produce 1 kg of high quality feedstock, compared to, for example, a water footprint of 2,000 l/kg for soy production, an average of 5,500 l/kg for pork and up to 16,000 l/kg for red meat.

Keywords:

circular economy, insect protein

15.08.2024

FOX Green program

Circular economy

“When we launched FOXPOST in 2014, our mission was to bring a more convenient, sustainable last mile solution to the Hungarian market. Today, in 2023, we are proud to operate one of the largest networks of parcel vending machines in the country with a total of nearly 850 machines in 278 municipalities, and FOXPOST has become a customer demand. It is increasingly important for people to find a sustainable way to manage their daily business that fits in with their rhythm of life. We can help them do that.”
Ádám Bengyel, CEO

Company name:

Foxpost Zrt.

Implementation year:

2014

Focus Areas:

Circular economy

Program Objective:

Parcel logistics services generate significant environmental pressures, mainly in terms of urban air pollution and emissions. FOXPOST was the first in the country to provide parcel delivery services in the C2C segment, creating a simple, accessible and environmentally friendly way to trade in secondary markets. With the cooperation with Vatera, Jófogás, Vinted, and by serving customers through the Facebook Marketplace, we play a significant role in shaping conscious consumer behaviour. Our efficient returns management processes also reinforce our desire to avoid unnecessary waste.

Program Measures and Commitments:

We use special boxes to transport parcels, and we improve the life of our boxes by repairing them. If they cannot be repaired, they are returned to the manufacturer for recycling.
We also repair the pallets used in the warehouse, and if they need to be replaced, we replace them with recycled pallets with a long service life. From September 2021, our parcel machines will no longer issue paper receipts to registered private individuals when they dispatch parcels, significantly reducing the amount of waste generated by our operations.
We will develop joint projects with our largest business partners to reduce the amount of packaging waste in the future. We are cleaning our vehicles with biodegradable agents and using a special technology to minimise the water we use.
The winter and summer window washer fluid used for our fleet vehicles will be purchased in 200-litre drums from 2022, preventing approximately 750 plastic bottles from becoming waste each year. The drums will be returned and reused by the window washer fluid supplier. We use EcoFoil film, which is 10 microns thick but has 5 layers, making it stronger than conventional film. It is therefore environmentally friendly, as it is practically 60% less by weight than conventional film. We have used our surplus construction nets and molinos from our marketing activities to make bags. These products made from recycled materials are sold in our webshop.
We aim to be present in most marketplaces and encourage our users to use secondary markets. As we have consciously designed our processes to serve these markets, it is also in our business interest. We are conscious and planned in the sizing of our automated crates, we are constantly educating our users on correct and sensible packaging, and we are trying to further rationalise the amount of waste we generate.

Program Impact and Results:

In the first half of 2024, we repaired 1,510 plastic crates and 649 EUR pallets and replaced 370 with recycled ones. By the end of 2022, a total of 2,385 kg less plastic waste was released into the environment by our activities through the use of EcoFoil environmentally friendly packaging material.
Our CleanGo car washing solution uses only 4 decilitres of water per car wash instead of 110 litres. Thanks to Vinted,

Keywords:

green logistics

12.08.2024

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