Aliplast and Panariagroup: a partnership that safeguards the environment

The close partnership between Aliplast (a company of the Hera Group, specialised in the manufacture of recycled plastic materials) and Panariagroup (an Italian multinational group and leader in the ceramic sector), in 2020 alone, prevented the emission of 450 tons of CO2 into the environment.

The two companies, which have been working hand in hand for several years on this project, have developed a solution aimed at the recovery and reprocessing of the plastic film used by Panariagroup to wrap tiles during the various stages of manufacturing.

Panariagroup, which is strongly committed to environmental sustainability, uses low-density polyethylene-based heat-shrink wrapping film to cover the pallets of goods produced during the various stages of manufacturing. In fact, the process of creating a finished product involves numerous steps, during which the tiles are repeatedly wrapped with different kinds of plastic film.

The recovery includes an initial selection and a reduction in the volume of waste, a stage that takes place directly within Panariagroup's facilities. The material is subsequently sent to the Aliplast hub, with headquarters in Istrana, in Treviso, where it is first reconverted into granules, then into a new packaging film, and finally reintroduced into Panariagroup's manufacturing cycle. Each year more than two tons of waste polyethylene are collected from the company's facilities, of which more than 95% is recycled.