Management of cardboard and paper packaging waste
Since July 2026, we have been officially accredited as Waste Managers, specialising in kraft cardboard drums that have not been used to transport hazardous products.
We take care of the disposal of your kraft cardboard packaging once it has reached the end of its useful life, with the assurance that we operate as an officially accredited waste management centre (E-2143.26).
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Accredited management centre
As an accredited waste management centre (E-2143.26), we prevent kraft cardboard drums from ending up in landfill, where their decomposition produces methane, a gas 40 times more harmful than CO₂. By managing them correctly, we ensure that the fibre is returned to the production cycle rather than being wasted.
We prioritise recycling
Our process complies with Law 7/2022 on waste and contaminated land and Royal Decree 1055/2022 on packaging and packaging waste, which require recycling to be prioritised over landfill.
We give cardboard a new lease of life
We sort and recover every carton so that it can be returned to the production cycle. In this way, we prevent the cardboard from decomposing in landfill, where it would produce methane, a gas 40 times more harmful than CO₂.
Total recycling, zero waste
We sort cardboard, metal and plastic completely. Recycling cardboard saves 60 per cent of energy and 80 per cent of water, and recycled steel reduces CO₂ emissions by 85 per cent compared with virgin steel.
Methodology for managing cardboard waste
Once its useful life as packaging has come to an end, a cardboard box can be put to various uses. Not all of these have the same environmental impact or make the same use of the materials.
1. Reuse as a waste bin
Filling the container with waste destined for landfill completely wastes the plastic and metal it is made of, as well as causing space issues at the landfill sites themselves. As it decomposes, cardboard releases methane, a gas 40 times more harmful than CO₂.
2. Incineration
It involves recovering energy from packaging by converting it into energy. This results in the loss of raw materials and does not contribute to the planet’s sustainability, as there is no circularity. Law 7/2022 in Spain and EU directives require that recycling be prioritised over energy recovery.
Incineration is often presented as ‘green energy’, but from the point of view of genuine sustainability, it represents a massive waste of resources, as it destroys the energy already invested in manufacturing the cardboard and metal.
By material:
- Cardboard: Manufacturing it from recycled fibre uses 60 per cent less energy and 80 per cent less water than making it from virgin wood. Incinerating it means more trees have to be felled and more water used to produce the next piece of packaging.
- Metal (steel rings): Steel is infinitely recyclable without losing any of its properties. In an incinerator, it is not utilised as a source of useful energy: it is melted down inefficiently, becomes contaminated with ash and loses its circular potential. Recycled steel reduces CO₂ emissions by 85% compared with mining virgin iron ore.
3. Recycling: the best option
This is the method that guarantees 0% waste. We completely separate the three basic components of the packaging — cardboard, metal and plastic — so that they can be reintroduced into the production cycle. Zero Waste.
Nuestra promesa de calidad al medio ambiente
