APEAL President, Stéphane Tondo, will address the audience of packaging professionals with the aim of increasing awareness of the circularity of steel for packaging. Visit the APEAL booth to understand how steel packaging can be a brand’s most effective marketing asset, whilst also helping improve environmental performance through...... Read more
With conference themes focused on smart packaging, innovations in sustainability and product customisation the congress will be the perfect environment for APEAL to present and discuss the recent campaign launched by global steel producers to increase use of steel beverage cans. “Votesteel” is a global...... Read more
APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, is backing a new campaign for increased use of steel for beverage cans. This global Vote Steel campaign has been initiated by members of the Product Sustainability Committee of the World Steel Association. The campaign...... Read more
In a roundtable discussion focused on closing the loop on aerosols through greater recycling, Stéphane Tondo, APEAL President, will represent the steel packaging stream and explain why steel is an ideal material for a more circular economy in aerosols. In more detail, how steel aerosols...... Read more
Recycling of steel packaging in Europe has reached a new high of 79,5% and is well on track to reach the industry’s self-imposed target of 80% by 2020, according to figures issued by APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging. This new...... Read more
Alexis Van Maercke, secretary general, will join an interesting line up of speakers at the forthcoming Packaging Waste and Sustainability Forum & Dispensing Forum in Brussels 5th-7th June, focused on the circular economy in action. As part of a panel debate entitled “Sustainability of Materials:...... Read more
APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) has welcomed the formal adoption today by the European Parliament (EP) of the Circular Economy Package (CEP) after more than two years of negotiations. “Whilst the final formal endorsement will take place 22nd – 23rd...... Read more
APEAL’s new report Good Practices on Separate collection, Sorting and Recycling of Steel for Packaging was formally released at the Steel for Packaging, a Pioneer of Circular Economy conference, held in Brussels, last Wednesday 11th April, organised in conjunction with The Parliament Magazine. The conference brought together a...... Read more
Today, in any of the top five steel recycling countries in Europe, over nine out of 10 items of steel packaging put on the market will be effectively recycled and made available for the manufacture of new steel products. The role of steel in the...... Read more
Marco Clemente, parlimentary assistant at the European Parliament, has won a hamper full of food, beverage and household goods all packed in fully-recyclable steel. The recent MEP Awards ceremony in Brussels, where APEAL was sponsoring the Environment category, hosted a sea-horse structure made from...... Read more