Circular Economy at CMPC: Recycling at the Heart of Production The cardboard container that aims to eliminate plastic from delivery Previous Article CMPC is the best company in the pulp and paper sector in the Value 1000 categories Next Article 2 Nov 2021 The circular economy offers a model that works to conserve the environment and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as detailed by the UN on their website. This model is based on three principles: eliminating waste and pollution; keeping products and materials in use; and regenerating natural systems. This is precisely what has been developed by CMPC. The company decided it would seek to reuse 100% of the elements created in the manufacturing of products such as cellulose, tissue paper, cardboard, paper and cardstock. In this way, through Sorepa (which has twelve branches throughout the country: three in the Metropolitan Region and nine in the other regions,) the company recovers about 250,000 tons a year in Chile, and 800,000 tons worldwide: equivalent to 21 full Chilean National Stadiums of recycled material. CMPC, through Sorepa, has about 4,500 suppliers per month from whom it removes all the material to be recycled. These suppliers include printers, retailers, industries, waste companies, banks and financial institutions, among others. This waste goes to Sorepa's various branches, where the quality of the material is reviewed with a technical sheet that establishes criteria. It is then divided into categories to be reused. What is done with the material? The company reuses all the cardboard, kraft paper, white paper, newspapers, magazines, egg cartons and pharmaceutical packaging, among others; and with them, it produces new products in its different plants. A significant portion of this material is transported in bundles of 1,000 kilos each to the Cordillera Plant located in Puente Alto, where corrugated sheet paper is made. Other bundles go to Chimolsa for the production of egg cartons and fruit trays (for apples, avocados, etc.) or to Softys for the production of tissue paper. Finally, a small part of the recycling goes to the Valdivia plant for the production of cardboard. This way, production is based on a circular economy model, without waste, in which a plant such as the one located in Puente Alto consumes more than 700 tons of recycled material daily. group has decided to take up these techniques and try to generate these archaeological reproductions". Print Categories:Sustainability Please login or register to post comments.