Christian Korn, Vice President Commercial of U. S. Steel Košice, has taken over the presidency of APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging. Korn succeeds Robert J. Beltz, who returned to the United States in July 2012. Korn’s election provides continuity in...... Read more
APEAL welcomes the endorsement, last 24th May, by the European Parliament of “Permanent materials” as a new resource category, working alongside the existing “renewable” and “non-renewable” categories of resources. This endorsement offically recognises the positive contribution that an infinitely recyclable packaging material such as steel...... Read more
The steel for packaging industry in Europe has lowered its global warming potential (mainly CO2 emissions) by 9% over two years. This is one of the results of a comprehensive study on the environmental footprint of tinplate production1 commissioned by the Association of European Producers...... Read more
APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) releases the latest recycling figures for post-consumer steel packaging scrap and reveals that 71% of steel packaging in Europe was recycled in 2010. The methodology and data sources used for the calculation of these figures...... Read more
APEAL President Robert Beltz joined the invite-only forum of EU policy makers, industry representatives, European associations and NGO’s where he focused awareness on the recycling record of steel and the continuous innovation undertaken by the industry to optimise the end product. “Recycling is the core...... Read more
APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) releases the latest figures that demonstrate how recycling rates of steel packaging for Europe in 2009 increased by 2% to reach more than 72%. ... Read more
APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) has announced that the latest figures on steel packaging recycling rates will be revealed during the Steel Day at Interpack Dusseldorf this coming 13th May 2011. Hugo Loudon, President of APEAL, will make the announcement...... Read more
A landmark 70% of steel packaging now recycled in Europe The latest figures from APEAL show that over 2.5 million tonnes of food and drinks cans and other steel containers were recycled in 2008, saving 3.9 million tonnes of CO2. According to the latest available...... Read more
APEAL outlines its position on the European Commission’s recently released communication on beverage packaging. This new report provides increased legal certainty to the packaging sector and confirms that deposit systems create barriers to trade.... Read more