CONTAINER MANAGEMENT Crop protection products play a vital role in agriculture to control the pests and diseases that threaten our global food supply. The crop protection industry is taking the lead to ensure safe and responsible management of empty, properly rinsed crop protection containers.
ECPA CONTAINER MANAGEMENT PROGRAMMES COLLECT AND RECYCLE EMPTY PESTICIDE CONTAINERS IN OVER
25
COUNTRIES
around Europe
UNITED KINGDOM IRELAND GERMANY THE NETHERLANDS SWEDEN AUSTRIA SLOVENIA ROMANIA BELGIUM LUXEMBURG FRANCE SPAIN PORTUGAL POLAND HUNGARY CROATIA THE CZECH REPUBLIC TURKEY SERBIA RUSSIA BULGARIA GREECE SLOVAKIA ITALY CYPRUS LITHUANIA
16,000
IN 2013 METRIC TONNES OF
72%
PLASTIC WAS RECOVERED
THROUGH 10 OF THESE PROGRAMS
of it was recycled into useful products:
THE REST IS RECOVERED INTO ENERGY
ELECTRIC CONDUIT/ CORRUGATE TUBING
ELECTRIC BOXES
AND CORE TUBES
USING 16,000 METRIC TONNES OF RECYCLING vs. NEW PLASTICS: SAVES 133,333 cubic meters of landfill space
SAVES ENERGY equal to 30 millon litres of gasoline
THIS EQUALS
THIS EQUALS
54
Olympic - size swimming pools
removing
5,333
cars from the road per year.
CONTAINER MANAGEMENT – FOR A BETTER ENVIROMENT