From:Packaging News

The Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE) UK has become joint owner of OPRL, which runs the UK’s on-pack recycling label scheme.

ACE UK represents leading beverage carton manufacturers Tetra Pak, Elopak, and SIG Combibloc, and joins current owners the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the trade association for the retail sector.

Richard Hands, chief executive of ACE UK, said the move was intended to help boost recycling.

“We believe that simple easy to understand on-pack recycling information is vital in helping consumers to recycle more. To this end we have worked closely with OPRL for several years, including developing the special beverage carton recycling label which reflects the wide availability of local authority collection services for cartons, often at kerbside.

“Clear information and leadership is required to achieve our common aims of greater and more effective recycling, and by joining together we believe we can better realise these aims.”

Jane Bevis, chair of OPRL, added: “We’re very excited that ACE UK is the first of what we hope will be a number of new owners joining current owners the BRC.”