APEAL (the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging) releases the latest European steel recycling figures. In 2011, 2.6 million tonnes of steel packaging were recycled to make new steel products, corresponding to an average European rate of 74%. Steel remains the most recycled...... Read more
The reduced CO2 footprint is due to increased steel recycling rates (44% improvement since 2000) and a decrease in average can weight.... Read more
APEAL, the Association of European Producers of Steel for Packaging, has appointed Alexander Mohr as Director External Affairs. Alexander Mohr joins APEAL from the European container glass association FEVE, where he held the position of Senior Public Affairs Manager and Legal Counsel. Before moving to...... Read more
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