SWEDISH PROJECT
Prysmian Sweden has participated in a research project run by IVL Swedish Environmental Institute that aims to close the loop for participants' plastic waste.
The project was completed in June 2023 with participation of 15 companies from different industries and stages of the value chain. Together they collaborated to establish agreements and processes for plastic recycling, material development, logistics and commerce.
The Nässjö factory chose to focus on plastic packaging waste from Octabins, used for shipping granular compounds to make cable insulation and sheathing.
OCTABIN
The Nässjö factory receives a large number of octabine cardboard boxes, approximately 7,000 units annually - each containing a plastic bag and pallet foil wrap with the possibility of recycling 2 kg of plastic waste per unit.
Thus, the octabins generates more than 15 tonnes of plastic waste annually - which now will be recycled via partner companies - and return as recycled packaging film.
The project required an internal factory investment of 3 new compaction machines for plastic waste.
SWEDEN
Prysmian Sweden's long-time supplier of plastic drums is AXJO, a local polymer company. Together they have developed a program for recycling of a particular part of Prysmian's waste material.
Extruded XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) production scrap is collected by Prysmian and send to AXJO for upcycling and production of new plastic drums - to be purchased by Prysmian factories in North Europe.
After having obtained an end-of-waste permit in line with EU Waste Framework Directive (Article 28), Nässjö factory can now also document its XLPE-scrap as a secondary raw material.
