Syntegon and CEFLEX develop ‘Designing for a Circular Economy Guidelines’

Syntegon Technology, formerly Bosch Packaging Technology, contributes its vast packaging and processing expertise to the European initiative CEFLEX to foster a circular economy for flexible packaging. As a leading consortium of companies and associations representing the entire value chain of flexible packaging, CEFLEX aims to establish a collecting, sorting, and reprocessing infrastructure throughout Europe by 2025. With the help of industry partners from all parts of the value chain, CEFLEX has developed dedicated ‘Designing for a Circular Economy Guidelines’ for flexible packaging. After several rounds of input from the consortium, the open consultation on the guideline drafts is finished. They will be launched in spring 2020.  Commenting on this, Matthias Klauser, project leader and sustainability expert at Syntegon Technology, said, “Sustainable packaging needs to be easily recyclable and processable at the same time. With our long-standing expertise, we can help to pave the way to a circular economy that leaves room for production efficiency.” Circular economy – the origins The concept of a circular economy dates back to the mid-1960s when American economists were looking…

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