recycling facility

Our Label backing paper recycling facility in Spalding is an industry first.

Following a pilot scheme to ascertain the benefits to customers and the environment, the service is now available to any business that wants to redirect some of the 50,000 tonnes of self adhesive label waste sent to landfill each year in the UK, as estimated by Paragon. The recycling service is available to existing customers, non-customers and label manufacturers who want to reduce their impact on the environment.

Presently, manufacturers using self adhesive labels are left with a siliconised carrier paper after each label application. This carrier paper accounts for 30-40% of the total weight of a self adhesive label product and accounts for an estimated 30,000 tonnes of landfill in the UK each year.

Paragon has a dedicated facility, based in Spalding, Lincolnshire, which recycles 70% of the group’s waste from its eight manufacturing sites. By utilising Paragon’s existing transport infrastructure, the cost and associated carbon footprints for recycling are minimised.

Our recycling initiative is an integral part of our responsible packaging strategy to reduce the environmental impact of packaging in the retail supply chain. We are committed to assisting WRAP (The Waste and Resources Action Programme) objectives for packaging in the retail industry.

Due to the success of the recycling facility we will be extending the service to include obsolete Label stock and Label roll ends in 2009.

There is a minimal handling charge for recycling, even so it is often a more economical option than sending waste to landfill. If you are interested in this service, please contact Tim Lennon, technical recycling coordinator, on 07970 80 57 81.

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