Cradle to Cradle Manufacturing, Reconditioning, Reuse & Recycling
致力于循环经济，将使用过的包装从垃圾填埋场转移，节约资源并减少原始材料的使用。
为什么从摇篮到摇篮的制造、修复、再利用和回收很重要
治理
Greif’s strength, as an organization, is the breadth of our products covered by our Life Cycle Services (LCS) including steel, plastic and paper products. Therefore, we are working to connect our many life cycle services across our businesses globally. Our Leadership Council prioritized sustainability this year and was divided into five teams each dedicated to a specific area of sustainability, including circularity. The circularity team was dedicated to advancing and operationalizing circularity within our operations and across our value chain. Near the end of 2021, this team created the Global Circularity Team, which is tasked with collecting data and understanding our current circular economy status to inform our 2030 targets. We will develop our 2030 circular economy goals in 2022.
Greif’s Life Cycle Services network collects used, empty, steel, plastic and Intermediate Bulk Container (IBC) rigid packaging products and reconditions or recycles them to be suitable for reuse and then reintroduces them into trade. The reconditioned containers reduce the demand for virgin raw materials while decreasing the number of containers that go to landfills. If we cannot recondition containers, we recycle the materials to use for other products. Many of Greif’s largest customers use our LCS network to recondition their containers. Customers who use the network can receive reports through the Greif Green Tool, enabling them to quantify impact by tracking key indicators such as carbon footprint reduction, waste reduction and material savings. In 2021, we developed our Greif Green Tool Lite, which houses a smaller number of products than the Greif Green Tool, but it allows us to more quickly run analyses for customers. This year, we also introduced our new IBC collections app in four countries in Europe. Through the app customers can submit requests for Greif to pick up their discarded packaging products and recondition them. We plan to expand this app to additional regions in 2022. Across Global Industrial Packaging (GIP), we reconditioned, remanufactured or recycled more than 4.5 million containers, and our Paper & Packaging Services (PPS) business managed over 3.2 million metric tons of recycled fiber in 2021.
Greif 回收业务
纸包装与服务
94,991
节省了数吨原材料
Our recycling, reconditioning and reuse operations helped us remove over 94,991 metric tons of virgin steel, high-density polyethylene and wood from our supply chain in 2021.
除了我们的修复业务，Greif 还在纸包装与服务 (PPS) 业务中运营 18 家回收设施。通过这些设施，我们提供塑料、纸浆和纸纤维采购、运输和管理的完整外包解决方案，并提供完整的纸纤维审计和管理解决方案。按体积计算，我们处理的产品中有 98% 是纸纤维。我们的纸纤维回收业务收集废纸，供我们自己的箱板纸厂使用，并出售给其他箱板纸和再生纸产品制造商。由于我们的综合能力，Greif 在纸张回收行业占据中心地位，并作为净正回收商运营。我们收集的约 50% 的纤维用于我们自己的业务，以制造用于消费者和工业环境的纸制品。我们收集的其余 50% 的纤维出售给外部工厂和其他制造业务，用于生产新纸板、模制纤维包装和其他产品。我们在造纸中使用的纤维中有 90% 以上来自纯回收投入。
We are proud to be able to offer services that enable the reuse of fiber. Recovered fiber is an input to many essential goods but has suffered from reductions in supply through the economic closures caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Prior to COVID-19, recovered fiber value was at historical lows with the cost of recovery greater than the fiber value for many recyclers. Since the onset of COVID-19, the supply of recovered fiber has lagged behind the demand. Due to high-demand and a shortage of recycling infrastructure, there is insufficient fiber volume to satisfy demand resulting in historically high costs. Today the critical importance of expanding access to recycling is clear, particularly as more commerce takes place at the home instead of in stores. Through our sales force and participation in various industry groups, we are doing our part to educate the market on the dynamics of the changing industry to ensure this remains a viable business with a robust supply chain for all the essential goods that depend on recovered fiber inputs.
全球工业包装
在我们的全球工业包装 (GIP) 业务中，我们尽可能寻找再利用和回收机会。我们全球的所有塑料产品都是 100% 可回收的，我们内部的再研磨塑料（约占我们桶和 IBC 的 20%）被 100% 重新融入我们的产品中。我们的钢铁产品由全球至少 15% 的再生钢制成，北美至少 33% 的再生钢制成。我们回收了用于生产柔性产品的 90% 的内部废料，其余的则出售给回收公司。我们的 FPS 塑料产品中约有 7% 的再生塑料（内部废料）。
从摇篮到摇篮和使用再生产品只是我们循环经济战略的两个组成部分，该战略涵盖了我们的运营和价值链。作为该战略的一部分，我们正在努力在五个关键领域推动循环经济原则：
- 减少原材料的使用
- 减少废物和减少自然资源的使用
- 创新并提高产品的可回收性，并使用再生材料
- 一次性塑料的纤维替代品
- 生命周期服务
请参阅 供应链管理, 浪费， 和 创新 请参阅报告中的更多页面，了解有关我们的循环经济战略如何覆盖整个业务的更多信息。
In 2022, we will continue the evolution and expansion of our reconditioning services. In our PPS business, we place greater emphasis on our fiber business to identify solutions that will be valuable to our customers and work to bring them to life.
表现
LIFE CYCLE SERVICES – ESTIMATED DRUMS AND IBCS RECONDITIONED*
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|
2017 财年 |
2018 财年
|
2019 财年
|
2020 财年
|
2021 财年
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
回收利用 |
904,883 |
849,498 |
831,576 |
968,296 | 1,153,345 |
|
534,369 |
571,355 |
509,884 |
562,980 | 987,427 |
|
212,272 |
161,447 |
243,186 |
358,280 | 95,176 |
|
158,242 |
116,696 |
78,506 |
47,036 | 70,742 |
|
翻新 |
3,218,885 |
3,258,848 |
3,533,358 |
3,276,259 | 3,164,809 |
|
2,565,052 |
2,713,025 |
2,699,393 |
2,483,485 | 2,185,329 |
|
321,188 |
244,497 |
194,011 |
178,627 | 141,782 |
|
332,645 |
301,326 |
639,954 |
614,147 | 837,698 |
|
总收集量 |
4,136,828 |
4,105,936 |
4,348,706 |
4,164,585 | 4,345,284 |
|
3,099,633 |
3,284,380 |
3,193,049 |
2,971,549 | 3,192,196 |
|
535,460 |
405,944 |
437,197 |
536,281 | 236,958 |
|
501,735 |
415,612 |
718,460 |
656,755 | 916,130 |
|
通过修复和再利用节省的原始材料（公吨） |
63,111 |
63,587 |
76,415 |
71,149 | 74,713 |
|
56,200 |
57,664 |
66,860 |
62,016 | 63,143 |
|
5,150 |
4,243 |
5,897 |
5,553 | 6,610 |
|
1,761 |
1,680 |
3,659 |
3,580 | 4,960 |
|
回收节省的原始材料（公吨）*** |
18,755 |
16,644 |
14,117 |
14,358 | 19,772 |
|
13,463 |
12,697 |
10,273 |
10,215 | 17,394 |
|
4,580 |
3,385 |
3,402 |
3,871 | 1,960 |
|
712 |
562 |
442 |
272 | 418 |
根据翻新包装的数量和平均包装规格（北美和欧洲）进行估算。
根据回收包装的数量和平均包装规格（北美和欧洲）进行估算。
REBU – 估计柔性中型散装容器 (FIBCS) 翻新欧洲、中东和非洲
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2017 财年 |
2018 财年 |
2019 财年 |
2020 财年 |
2021 财年 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 收集的 FIBC 总数 | - |
316,324 |
275,732 |
242,000 |
220,132 |
|
- |
224,418 |
179,912 |
167,000 |
60,719 |
|
- |
91,906 |
95,820 |
75,000 |
159,413 |
|
节省的原生聚乙烯总量（公吨） |
727.6 |
634.2
|
556.6 |
506.3 |
|
|
- |
516.2 |
413.8 |
384.1 |
366.6 |
|
- |
211.4 |
220.4 |
172.5 |
139.7
|
**根据回收包装数量和平均包装规格估算（欧洲）
在 IBC 成型中使用再生塑料
Greif 位于 Carol Stream 的 Tri-Sure 工厂与 RIPS 北美采购部、RIPS 意大利和四家 RIPS NA 工厂合作，采购了 800,000 磅再生塑料树脂，用于生产 IBC 后/角脚和护角。这种内部采购策略将成本降低了 $100,000。该团队还重新使用空瓦楞纸散装箱来运输他们制造的再生产品，将瓦楞纸散装箱的购买量减少了 84%。该项目创造了公司价值并建立了环境和财务效益，同时关闭了两个内部循环系统，并通过将垃圾从垃圾填埋场转移并为其找到新用途为我们的循环经济做出了贡献。由于该项目对可持续发展的突出影响及其可扩展到其他成型和注塑设施的能力，该项目和 Tri-Sure Carol Stream 团队荣获了 2019 年 Michael J. Gasser 可持续发展奖。
地板行业的纤维回收
2020 年，我们位于佐治亚州道尔顿的回收工厂与道尔顿地区的地板覆盖物制造商合作，加工回收的纤维，并为纸板芯创建“闭环”。每年，道尔顿回收团队都会从这些制造商那里回收数万吨芯废料，并回收这些废纤维。Greif 的造纸厂使用同样的纤维制造 100% 回收的新纸板，然后在 Greif 的工业产品集团 (IPG) 将其转化为新的管和芯。这项举措不仅有助于维持道尔顿的回收计划，而且还能保持我们为 IPG 客户提供的卓越客户服务水平。每年，该计划有助于回收北乔治亚州地板行业的 25,000 吨芯、10,000 吨纸板、5,000 吨箱板和 2,000 吨塑料薄膜。
在葡萄牙修复锥形滚筒
过去 20 年来，Greif 位于葡萄牙伊比利亚的 RIPS 工厂一直为客户提供翻新的锥形滚筒，已翻新了超过 1000 万个滚筒，节省了 50,000 吨钢材、197,600 吨二氧化碳排放量、2,600,000 千兆焦耳的能源和 343,200 立方米的水。该项目最初是为了帮助满足客户减少浪费、降低碳足迹和全面提高客户满意度的愿望而启动的。该团队与客户合作，了解他们的需求，包括数量、规格要求和安全性，开发了翻新工艺，并最终安装了一条翻新生产线，开始为客户提供服务。如今，该工厂为众多客户提供服务，每年翻新 500,000 个锥形滚筒，节省 5,200 吨钢材。
通过投资和合资扩大从摇篮到摇篮的服务
2020 年，Greif 进行了投资并成立了多家合资企业，以扩大我们提供的再利用、回收和修复服务的规模和能力。4 月，Greif 收购了 Centurion Container LLC 的少数股权，扩大了我们在北美的中型散货容器 (IBC) 修复网络。8 月，Greif 与英国领先的修复 IBC 独立供应商 Delta Plastics 成立了合资企业。最后，在 12 月，Greif 收购了 LAF srl 的少数股权，扩大了我们为意大利客户提供的 IBC 修复服务。我们期待与合作伙伴合作，继续通过从摇篮到摇篮的解决方案减少对环境的影响。
Greif Green Tool
The Greif Green Tool is a flexible calculator that uses independent lifecycle data of Greif industrial packaging products - designed to assist our customers in making informed decisions about which industrial packaging best suits their products and to achieve their sustainability goals. The Green Tool allows customers to review and compare the environmental impact of plastic drums, steel drums, IBCs, fibre drums and big bags specifically related to their business. Results can be used to create an environmental baseline and help customers make meaningful comparisons between different packaging types and track their progress over time. To supplement the Greif Green Tool, we launched the Greif Green Tool Lite, which allows us to provide information more quickly to our customers. The Greif Green Tool Lite provides carbon footprint and reduction metrics that our customers can achieve by switching to a more sustainable product.
里尔最先进的修复服务
Greif 位于法国里尔的 LCS 工厂已采取重大措施，革新与为客户提供修复服务相关的物流。传统上，空 IBC 会从单个客户所在的单一地点提货并运送到该地点。LCS Lille 已开始从客户供应链上的各个地点提货，然后将修复后的 IBC 送回客户，从而简化了客户的物流。里尔还实施了 Datamatrix，这是一种可追溯系统，使我们能够记录从接收到交付的所有生产步骤，了解 IBC 的来源，并实时查看我们的库存，以支持全面增强客户服务。Datamatrix 还支持更好地管理他们收集的 IBC 中的残留物。进入工厂的每个 IBC 都会自动称重，以确定容器中的残留物量并告知如何处理。借助 Datamatrix，这些信息可以直接发送回客户，以改善他们管理准备提货的 IBC 的方式。里尔采用闭环水系统来清洗IBC，并对其用水进行100%的回收利用，同时还收集、处理和粉碎用于制造新IBC和塑料桶的塑料。
为客户提供循环解决方案
CorrChoice GreenGuard® 产品系列为我们的客户提供食品安全、可回收和可再制浆的补充材料替代品，例如塑料衬里。我们的 GreenGuard® 系列纸张涂层可安全地与大多数食品类型直接接触，具有防油、防脂、防水、防潮和耐磨性，以及创新的蜡替代技术。通过将涂层应用于瓦楞纸容器，我们消除了许多食品应用中使用的补充材料的需求。我们与客户合作，确保我们的产品满足他们对安全可靠的食品处理的需求，同时提供 100% 可回收和可再制浆的包装产品，推进我们的循环经济战略，同时使我们的客户能够实现其可持续发展目标。
可持续发展亮点
4.5 M
Containers Collected, Recycled and Reconditioned
Through our Life Cycle Services network, we collected, recycled and reconditioned steel drums, poly drums, IBCs and FIBCs.
94,991
节省了数吨原材料
Our recycling, reconditioning and reuse operations helped us remove over 94,991 metric tons of virgin steel, high-density polyethylene and wood from our supply chain in 2021.
