Packaging
90% recycled content in cardboard boxes
Currently the proportion of recovered paper in all cardboard packaging purchased from J.J. Darboven is just under 90%. But that's not enough for us: We are currently checking all our cardboard boxes to see whether we can increase the proportion of recycled paper - to 100% if possible.
99% less aluminium in flow pack films
By changing the composition of our laminated films, we want to make our flow pack films more environmentally friendly. We expect this to lead to savings of around 44 tonnes of aluminium per year.
Waste management
Coffee peel becomes energy
When roasting coffee beans, the outer coffee skin loosens. In 2017, 283.66 tonnes of coffee skins were produced. Starting in 2018, these will be fermented into biogas in a biogas plant and used as a climate-friendly and regionally available energy source.
Separate rubbish cleanly
In order to achieve the legal requirements of a separate collection rate of 90% at our German sites, we conscientiously separate the waste generated at our sites. In Hamburg, the composite and mono films already separated from the residual waste will also be heavily pressed in future through the use of special baling presses. We expect this to save 75% during composite film collection and 90% during mono film collection in 2018 compared to 2017.
Disposing of the “disposable”
At our Hamburg site, we will introduce a multi-use system with reusable takeaway cups in 2018. We replaced the 40,000 disposable ballpoint pens used annually as "giveaways" with refillable ballpoint pens. In 2017, a total of 91,400 disposable plastic cups were used in our water dispensers. From mid-2018, we will be using paper cones at both sites, which can be disposed of with the waste paper.