APEAL has long shared the opinion that all EU member states should expand their efforts to reach higher recycling targets for all packaging materials, in the interest of recognising waste as a resource whose recovery and reinjection into the EU economy contributes to resource efficiency,...... Read more
Dr Ulrich Roeske, Chairman of the Executive Board of ThyssenKrupp Rasselstein, will take over the presidency of APEAL from 1 January 2015. Dr Roeske was elected unanimously by the Board and General Assembly of APEAL and succeeds Christian Korn of U. S. Steel. His nomination...... Read more
Higher recycling targets for all materials, a more level playing field for all materials and a ban on landfilling of recyclables are just some of the proposals that APEAL was pleased to see in the Packaging and Packaging Waste directive reform announced last week. “Steel...... Read more
APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, has created an infographic video to support its “Take a Fresh Look” campaign. The video was previewed by APEAL at the recent Interpack trade show in Germany (8-14 May 2014), where the Association launched the...... Read more
APEAL tinplate Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data has been quality-reviewed and is now accessible from the European Reference Life Cycle Database (ELCD). The ELCD is a new database available from the European Platform in Life Cycle Assessment, launched February 6th 2014 by the European Commission....... Read more
As the new 2012 steel recycling rate of 74% is announced at the Interpack Steel day, Christian Korn, president of APEAL, and Alexander Mohr, secretary general, discuss the implications. Watch the interview here... Read more
Eight out of 10 brand owners say steel provides the best damage resistance of any packaging material according to new research, launched at Interpack today (9 May). Undertaken by UK-based Sheffield Hallam University, the study examined brand owners’ attitude towards the competing environmental claims of...... Read more
APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) has released the latest European steel recycling figures. In 2012, 2.7 million tonnes of steel packaging were recycled to make new steel products, corresponding to an average European rate of 74%. This reinforces the long...... Read more
Visitors to the Interpack trade show, 8-14th May, are being invited to ‘take a fresh look’ at steel packaging, not only at the APEAL stand (Hall 11B53) but also during a unique Steel Day at the Metal Packaging Forum (Hall 11A48) . The APEAL Steel...... Read more
The tablet app, available on android and Apple tablets, has been launched to help educate packaging purchasers and consumers about steel packaging. It will run alongside the APEAL and Steel for Packaging websites making detailed, valuable research data on Steel for Packaging more widely available....... Read more