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Reducing COReducing CO22 emissions? emissions?

DonDon’’t forget recycling..t forget recycling..Philippe Wolper - Managing Director, APEAL

‘Packaging in a Low Carbon Economy’ (EDGE)

September 30th 2008

Worldwide = 42 billion tonnes = 100%

EUROPE

12%

CO2 EQUIVALENT EMISSIONS

On a yearly basis

Packaging in EUROPE

0.2%

Steel for Packaging in

EUROPE 0.027%

Steel for Packaging : 0.027% of global CO2 equivalent emissions = 11.4 million tonnes

Source : Ref. 2000/2003 – World Resources Institute, EEA, EU Commission

A HOLISTIC APPROACH

0.240 tonnes steel packaging (0.47 tonnes CO2 eq.)Source: TNO

Retail

Home

1 tonne of food = 4.5 tonnes CO2 eq.* Source : Wrap – ‘The Food We Waste’

* when thrown away needlessly

STEEL PACKAGING: ENDLESSLY RECYCABLE WITHOUT LOSS IN QUALITY

Source: APEAL

Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Finland,

Norway, Latvia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Cyprus, Estonia,

Bulgaria, Romania: Metal packaging recycling rate

(steel and aluminium)

Slovakia, Cyprus, Estonia, Romania,

Denmark, Finland (2005 – latest official

data)

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RECYCLING OF STEEL PACKAGING IN EUROPE

Source: APEAL

THE HIGHER THE RECYCLING RATE, THE LOWER THE CO2 EMISSIONS

FOR THE UK …

COCO22

RECYCLING

Source: APEAL

WEIGHT REDUCTION OF STEEL FOOD CANS

>40 Million Euros investment / year

-50% CO2 emissions / tonne of steel produced

STEEL INDUSTRY LONG TERM R&D PROGRAMME

1. Endless recycling without loss of quality

2. High recycling rates, still increasing

3. Lightweighting potential

4. More recycling, less CO2, less weight to landfill

5. Long term R&D programme

BENEFITS OF STEEL FOR PACKAGING

1. Endless recycling without loss of quality

2. High recycling rates, still increasing

3. Lightweighting potential

4. More recycling, less CO2, less weight to landfill

5. Long term R&D programme

BENEFITS OF STEEL FOR PACKAGING

� Full LCA credit for recycling rate achieved

� European average approach

� Competition

STEEL NEEDS ……