Highly innovative solution for plastic free products development waste efficiency increase

About this project

<p><span style="font-size: 14px">The European Union is pushing for eco-friendly packaging and want to see solutions that replace single-use plastics. Screen-O Transfer aims to be part of this change with this project.<br> Screen-O Transfer objective is to improve their paper cups production by creating 100% plastic-free paper cups. They aim to expand their production facilities by implementing top line technology machinery and by setting up cost-efficient production flows. This will result in more rationale and efficient use of natural resources and raw materials.<br> <br> The project implementation includes new improved machinery that has a special type of sealing device which enables the device to form the plastic-free paper cups and reduce the paper waste from 5% to 2.5%. The new machinery is also able to print up to 37% more cardboard in the same given time as the previous machine. This means that Screen-O Transfer can produce more than before and with less consumption. This project will also contribute to the creation of 7 new jobs in the local community. The activities will include:</span></p> <ul> <li><span style="font-size: 14px">Project management with support from an external consultant.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 14px">Project publicity to ensure the visibility of the project.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 14px">Financial audit to verify and certify project expenses.</span></li> <li><span style="font-size: 14px">Investment activity to purchase and install the innovative machinery.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 14px">The implementation of the investment will lead to an increase in competitive advantage for the company as well as an increase in annual collection of waste from production which can be re-used or recycled. The&nbsp;annual energy consumption and the CO2 emissions will decrease.<br> Estimated annual decrease of CO2 emissions goes from 285 tonnes in 2019 to 128,59 tonnes in 2024. For the same period, annual decrease in energy consumption is estimated to go from 907,2 tonnes to 532,2 tonnes.</span></p>