Tetra Pak Launches Europe's first ever FSC-Certified milk cartons in Ireland

Following our recent article Moving Milk, Glass Bottles or Recyclable Packaging the case for the carton grows...............


Tetra Pak Ireland has announced the first-ever Forest Stewardship Council™ (FSC)-certified carton into the Irish market, in its latest move to ensure its cartons have the strongest environmental story possible.

FSC certification is one of the highest standards of forest certification and requires forests to be managed in a way that protects the environment, society and the long-term economic future of forestry.

Tetra Pak cartons with the new FSC certification label can now be found on Avonmore one-litre milk ranges.

The launch of the certification comes at a time when people across Ireland are still determined to care about the environment, despite the current tough economic times. Three-quarters of people (78%) feel it is important that their milk and juice packaging is made from renewable materials and around 40% of people say they are willing to pay more for environmentally-friendly products.

In support of this, Tetra Pak is running a public awareness campaign - See the Wood for the Trees! It is an educational campaign to help families across Ireland to see the bigger picture, think about the planet and consider the environmental impact of a product across the whole of its life before they buy it. It is about understanding the importance of looking after the planet’s natural resources and how easy it can be for them to ‘do their bit’ by choosing milk and juice in cartons.

Cartons are made from wood - a natural, renewable resource. Tetra Pak works with its suppliers
to ensure that the forests the wood is sourced from are responsibly managed, ensuring that all the paperboard used comes from known, legal and acceptable sources. Tetra Pak already sources 100% of its paperboard in Europe from FSC chain-of-custody certified suppliers in order to demonstrate traceability.

FSC certification is widely recognised as one of the highest standards of independent forest management certification.

Commenting on the campaign, Tetra Pak Ireland’s Environment Manager Richard Hands said - "We are delighted to partner with Glanbia - the owners of Avonmore - to launch Ireland’s first ever FSC-certified cartons in the Irish market. Tetra Pak is committed to ensuring that the materials we use to make cartons can be regrown or re-produced and are sourced from well-managed, sustainable forests.

"I encourage everyone to 'see the wood for the trees' and look at the wider environmental picture when choosing your milk and juice products."
For more information about the campaign - Click Here

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ELECTRONIC RECYCLING

Specialists in Computer Recycling and IT Disposal

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Computers for Irish Schools

Computers for Irish Schools Ltd. (CFIS) is a new initiative set up to allow companies to donate working computers to Irish Schools
CFIS will take equipment, which is not quite ready for the recycling bin, and prepare it for donation to designated Schools. Equipment, which is deemed suitable is tested, cleaned and prepared for donation. Each machine is checked to see if it meets a minimum specification, wiped of any data or corporate information using U.S Department of Defence Software and donated to a designated school, with a maximum of 20 machines per school.

If Required, CFIS produce a detailed report including, serial numbers of machines received, a certificate stating that hard drives have been wiped, that CFIS have taken ownership of the equipment and a certificate of donation, which will include the name of school who received the machines. Donor companies are listed on our website, unless they wish to remain anonymous

When the equipment donated becomes obsolete or too old to maintain it will be taken back from the schools and recycled through Electronic Recycling in Dublin. The schools must return the equipment for recycling as part of their donation contract, this ensures that all equipment is disposed of in an environmental friendly manner with no obligation or costs to the schools or the original donating company

This initiative has been put in place by Electronic Recycling in Dublin who noticed that a percentage of IT equipment, received for recycling, was of a high enough specification to be used in a school environment. Companies are paying to have their equipment recycled and although it costs more to prepare the computers for schools, Electronic Recycling cover this expense so that there is no cost to the schools and no extra charge to companies whose equipment is donated.

The program also includes a mobile phone recycling initiative that provides sports equipment vouchers to schools for old mobile phones

More info here