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bwh Spezialkoffer GmbH has found another way to reduce the environmental impact of plastic waste and close cycles. The company uses old fishing nets, trawls and maritime waste products to produce plastic for its special cases.
The in the bwh case production The newly used plastic sheets are made from old fishing nets, trawls and other maritime waste products. The waste is collected worldwide and recycled in a special process under the name „Sea Plastics“ to produce high-quality raw material for the thermoforming process processed. The company is thus contributing to the recycling of plastic waste in the world's oceans. According to estimates, this amounts to around 10 million tonnes annually, a good 10 percent of which comes from the maritime industry.
The possibility of being able to produce high-quality plastic cases from maritime plastic waste has brought the group of Circle of all individual steps in the development of environmentally friendly products. As one of Europe's leading manufacturers of specialised cases, the company is one step ahead of the industry. In recent years, many production steps have already been converted towards sustainability. These include, for example, the Separation of production waste by type, which is then fed into the recycling process become.
The „Sea Plastics“ cases not only come from recycled material, but can also be recycled again at the end of their life cycle. are returned to bwh, where they are sorted by type and largely returned to the material cycle. In this way, new suitcases can actually be made from old suitcase shells.
„We are once again pioneers in the sustainable development of special cases. This is also an important step for me as an entrepreneur to treat our planet Earth responsibly. Sustainability at bwh Spezialkoffer is a matter close to my heart. The Sea Plastics project is a step in the right direction.“
Karl-Heinz Wriedt, Managing Partner of bwh
Source: bwh Spezialkoffer GmbH
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