ALPLA Group

World Envi­ron­ment Day 2018: ALPLA is com­mitted to envi­ron­mental protection

Finan­cial sup­port for ‘Waste Free Oceans’ and ‘The Ocean Cle­anup’, as well as global employee campaigns

Hard, 6 June 2018 – To mark World Envi­ron­ment Day on 5 June, the family com­pany ALPLA is sup­porting two non-profit orga­ni­sa­tions in the fight against pol­lu­tion of our oceans. The Aus­trian plastic-packaging spe­cia­list is also orga­ni­sing cle­anup cam­paigns throug­hout the world.

In the days around World Envi­ron­ment Day, ALPLA is poin­ting the way for­ward in terms of envi­ron­mental pro­tec­tion. A large number of ALPLA’s 176 sites across four con­ti­nents world­wide ans­wered the company’s call and got involved in cle­anup cam­paigns. Employees cleaned up rub­bish around the company’s grounds and sur­roun­ding areas and dis­posed of it appropriately.

Sus­taina­bi­lity is a key part of our company’s phi­lo­sophy. We encou­rage and wel­come the com­mit­ment of our employees world­wide towards a clean envi­ron­ment,’ says ALPLA CEO Gün­ther Lehner. ‘I would like to thank you all for your commitment.’

Initia­tives against marine littering
The Austrian-based com­pany also sup­ports two non-profit orga­ni­sa­tions which fight against the pol­lu­tion of the world’s oceans. ‘The Ocean Cle­anup’ strives to collect rub­bish from the oceans using spe­cial cle­anup system. ‘Waste Free Oceans’ coll­ects pla­stic waste from the oceans and coasts and recy­cles this into ‘ocean pla­stic’. The initia­tive coope­rates with com­pa­nies which use this pla­stic to make new pro­ducts. Both orga­ni­sa­tions have received con­siderable amounts of money.

5 June: Envi­ron­ment Day
In 1972, the United Nations declared ‘World Envi­ron­ment Day’ on the ope­ning day of the first Con­fe­rence on the Human Envi­ron­ment in Stock­holm. Around 150 count­ries have been cele­bra­ting the day with events and cam­paigns ever since. The motto for 2018 is ‘Beat Pla­stic Pollution’.

More infor­ma­tion: www.alpla.com
More infor­ma­tion about the orga­ni­sa­tions sup­ported: https://www.wastefreeoceans.org and https://www.theoceancleanup.com. Infor­ma­tion about World Envi­ron­ment Day: http://worldenvironmentday.global/en

About ALPLA:
ALPLA is one of the leading companies in plastic packaging. Around 19,300 employees worldwide produce custom-made packaging systems, bottles, closures and moulded parts at 176 sites across 45 countries. The high-quality packaging is used in a wide range of areas, including for food and drinks, cosmetics and care products, household detergents, washing and cleaning agents, engine oils and lubricants. ALPLA also operates recycling plants at three locations (Austria, Poland, Mexico) with an annual capacity of 65,000 tonnes of food-grade rPET. ALPLA celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2015.

Addi­tional infor­ma­tion for editors:
ALPLA, Alex­andra Dittrich (PR and Cor­po­rate Com­mu­ni­ca­tions), Tele­phone +43 (0)5574 602 1083, Email alexandra.dittrich@alpla.com
Pzwei. Pres­se­ar­beit, Werner F. Sommer, Tele­phone +43 (0)699 1025 4817, Email werner.sommer@pzwei.at