We are committed to the plastics circular economy

Our company is fully committed to our values. We are keen to show every day what we are able to create. Walki Plasbel aims to produce the packaging of the future from recycled and recyclable materials.

Circular Economy Diagram

Sustainability is important to us. We want to grow while keeping our values and goals, enhancing circular economy.

At Walki Plasbel we are raising social awareness and environmental responsibility through an optimized management of our manufacturing process as well as maximizing the performance of available resources. We reduce waste generation and production residues are processed to be reused and transformed into a new recycled material that will be exploited and reintroduced into the market.

This sets up a continuous development cycle in which the materials and products obtained have a longer lifespan.

Walki Plasbel Recycling Plant located in Alcantarilla (Murcia) is where we recycle all the remaining materials produced during the production process.

Thanks to the transformation process used to recycle material in our Walki Plasbel recycling plant, we manage waste in an efficient way, saving on raw material and ensuring the sustainability of our product.

By constantly innovating, we have developed plastic recycling processes that allowed Walki Plasbel to increase the use of post-consumer recycled material by 46% in 2020. We have produced 17,936 tonnes of recycled material (more than 27% compared to 2019). This amount of tonnes is more or less equivalent to the weight of 18,000 conventional cars, and we are looking to set a new record this year!

Kg of recycled material in 2020
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Investments for a better future

We aim for further growth. In 2021, we expanded our recycling plant with another state-of-the-art mechanical industrial recycling machine to transform plastic waste and by-products into reusable material.

Plasbel’s investments focus on 4 main elements:

Energy
Efficiency

Use of post-consumer recycled material

Manufacturing with compostable biodegradable material

Lamibel®MDO Monomaterial Solutions

We extend the use of materials

Re-Plastics are products made from recycled material. We have optimized and high-tech extruders to ensure excellent and consistent product quality.

At Walki Plasbel we manage waste in an efficient way, saving on raw materials and reusing the by-products generated during our production process, such as wrappers, packaging, waste, etc., which are all transformed into a new recycled raw material in our Walki Plasbel plant.

extend the use of materials

Circular Economy Advantages

Reduction in resource and energy use

Reduction in
waste generation

Stimulating
innovation

Contributing to the fight against climate change

Towards Zero Waste Future

ZERO waste
in solvent

At Walki Plasbel we have a solvent distiller that collects, recycles and recovers 100% of the used solvents. We exploit our recycled solvents for another use. So, the solvent is cleaned and reused indefinitely.

Iniciative on
Waste Separation

To achieve the Zero Waste commitment, we collaborate with authorized outside managers to process in a sustainable way the following materials that need special treatment, a waste turns into a new resource.

Paper and Cardboard

Printer
cartridge

Wood

Waste PET, polypropylene, compostable

ZERO waste in
Wastes Generated

Through our recycling plant, we make maximum use of the raw materials used. We recycle and reuse 100% of the waste generated. Moreover, they are reused in other products and put back on the market.

ZERO waste in
Eco-design and innovation

We have taken actions to improve the product environmental impact during its design stage. From the selection of raw materials with less environmental impact to the packaging optimization using high technology during the production process to improve shipment. In addition, we foster reuse and recycling.

We optimize the use of ink and glue consumption

All the ink used are recycled, transformed into a new ink through our Ink Dispenser system. In addition we save approximately 30% in printing (CMYK) using high-tech polymer and in the end, we get a more convincing result compared to other printing machines on the market.

Compostable bags are made with plant-based polymers and sustainably managed following the Circular Economy process

Compostable circular economy

A versatile and innovative compostable raw material, these renewable materials have zero negative effects on the composting process.

At Walki Plasbel we will always have a sustainable solution that suits every retailer and their needs. Our biodegradable compostable bags are made from compostable raw materials made from plant-based polymer (EN13432: 2000). Once their lifespan is over, they biodegrade within a compostable environment, contributing to the development of significant advantages throughout the production-consumption-disposal process and being used in their last phase for the production of agricultural fertilisers with their decomposition process.

The OK compost HOME certificate proves that our products achieve a biodegradation level of at least 90% within 12 months of home-composting (±20-30ºC).

This certificate proves that our products achieve a biodegradation level of at least 90% within 6 months in an industrial composting plant (±58ºC).

The OK Biobased certificate proves that our biobased products have a biobased content of between 40% and 60%.

All Bio products
offered by Walki Plasbel
are Compostable

100% recyclable material in our trash bags

At Walki Plasbel, we have integrated 100%
recyclable material in our extrusion
and film manufacturing process,
free of adherent or solvent components,
where there is no need to separate
elements for the recycling of the material
used.

Belsack®Recycled - Trash Bags based on a circular economy

Blue Angel
ecolabel

Trash bags with Blue Angel Eco-label. It guarantees that our product contains at least 80% of post-consumer recycled material and meets the criteria of  quality, safety, recyclability and respect for the environment.

30% less
plástic

The high technology applied enables us to minimise film thickness and maximise its performance, which is great benefit both from an environmental point of view.

Recycled material with EU Certification – EuCertPlast

We guarantee with EuCertPlast certification the highest quality of our post-consumer raw material and no harmful substances for health and the environment.

Auxiliary material
the FSC seal

We use auxiliary materials with the FSC seal. A certification that guarantees the sustainable use and management of forests, and 100% recyclable.

Eco-design in
display box

A box that fulfills two functions; it transports and displays the product at the point of sale. They are supplied in a display box format to facilitate their commercialization on the shelves.

Renewable
Energy

We manufacture with 100% renewable energy. Since 2019, all our products are manufacture with 100% renewable wind-powered energy.