Cipax’s vision is to be a sustainable plastic producer. To achieve this, a circular operation is required, i.e. processes that support a life-cycle approach where the extraction of natural resources is minimised by recycling materials and reusing them to make new products. The effect is double, in other words, as less raw materials are consumed at the same time as waste volumes are reduced.
Cipax has taken several important steps in recent years, and is now able to boast that 100 per cent of in-house production waste is taken care of. The Cipax Group’s Dutch unit has complete equipment for recycling waste material to make new plastic raw materials, which are then used in the company’s own manufacturing.
Cipax has also been running Nordic Plastic Recycling (NPR) for a number of years. Through this initiative, products such as polyethylene boats at the end of their useful life are dealt with. After various stages of processing, the recycled material is ready to be moulded to create new products. The nature of the recycling process is absolutely decisive when it comes to the quality of the recycled material. NPR has identified a method whereby the vital properties of the polyethylene are retained, resulting in a quality that is equivalent to new raw material.
