“With Europe on a journey from a linear to a circular economy, the new association will play a key role in helping grow awareness of steel for packaging as a truly sustainable material, both in terms of the material’s excellent recycling performance and its ability to preserve food”, said Alexis Van Maercke, Secretary general of APEAL.
The enlarged focus of Metal Packaging Europe will allow all actors in the metal packaging chain to take full ownership of the opportunities and challenges presented by the Circular Economy Package and beyond. As permanent materials that recycle forever, metals such as steel can make a decisive contribution to help close the material loop and support the creation of a circular economy.
Learn more about steel as the model material for a circular economy here – metalpackagingeurope.org/animation
Stéphane Tondo, President of APEAL
“This is a welcome
move"