Recycling and Reuse
As we work to fulfil our commitment to Building a Better World, our team is focused on top-performing products while maximising material recyclability. Whether through partnerships with third-party recycling operations or the refurbishment and reuse of containers, we continually seek opportunities to make our packaging more environmentally friendly and keep recyclables out of landfills to reduce waste.
The reduction of packaging ending up in landfill is a key priority of Tremco CPG Europe. By introducing more products in foil packs, our aim is to reduce the number of empty plastic tubes reaching landfill each year. Products like illbruck's SP045 not only come in environmentally friendly packaging, but they also host properties such as low VOC, low odour formulation and are free of isocyanates and solvents. With the use of the 300 ml sausage packs from the illbruck glue and sealant range, instead of the usual 310 ml plastic cartridges, you save an average of 87% packaging material.
Tremco CPG Europe's team in France is working with the CITEO, an organisation that specialises in recycling packaging other than DDS. Tremco CPG France pays an ecocontribution on its sales of products that include over packaging (e.g. cardboard and paper). Our French team is also a member of Valobat and Twiice as part of other Extended Producer Responsibility schemes.
In the Netherlands, millions of cans of polyurethane foam are produced every year. To avoid the empty cans going to landfill, Tremco CPG came up with the solution for the disposal and recycling of used polyurethane foam cans: the ReBus Return System. Polyurethane foam cans can be deposited and are returned back to Tremco CPG Europe. Once returned, the propellant, polyurethane, aluminium and cardboard are separated so that these materials can be reused. 95% of each can can be reused! From the cans we obtain prepolymer (PREPUR®), liquefied gas (TRIGAS®), plastic granulate PE/PP, tin and aluminium. We ensure that these raw materials come back into the production cycle.
