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Idrobase Group, leader in "made in Italy" production of technologies for high-pressure water and Breathing Clean Air, revolutionizes the "last mile" of its production chain and eliminates plastic from packaging, anticipating new packaging regulations to be approved by the European Union as part of the "green deal": announced by Bruno Ferrarese, Co-owner of the company based in the province of Padua.
Currently, but the figure is growing, every EU citizen annually disposes of about 36 kilograms of plastic packaging, of which only 40% is recycled; this process, in fact, presents many difficulties because recycled plastic does not return as raw material, but to be usable, it must be mixed with a significant percentage of new plastic, produced from hydrocarbons.
The new European regulation, in the approval phase, should include the obligation to sell some products in rechargeable or reusable packaging, as well as the prohibition of using "clearly unnecessary" packaging.
In the company's headquarters in Borgoricco, the latest innovation is called "dBase" and is an innovative cardboard tube of variable length, closed with a recyclable paper ribbon as well as the label; the idea is the result of the experience of the Idrobase team, an industry where ecological transition is experienced through consistent production choices.
Thus, pursuing a holistic vision of the company, after initiatives for employees with the creation of innovative pollutant-free workspaces, it is now time to accelerate for the well-being of the planet by reducing the number of packaging for spare parts and accessories: made of recyclable cardboard, they are "local products", valorizing the local productive fabric.
"In the next 3 years - indicates Bruno Gazzignato, Co-owner of Idrobase Group - it is expected that, for the Dolly Spare Parts division alone, that is, the spare parts for pumps, almost one million plastic blisters will be replaced with cardboard tubes; their variable length will allow reducing the number of box types by 35%."
Not only that: as announced to counteract corporate identity thefts, now each individual piece is laser-marked, reproducing the Idrobase and Made in Italy logos.
"We are building the company of the future, where environmental, economic, and social sustainability must coexist - concludes Bruno Ferrarese - Not only that: we are innovating to make life difficult for serial copiers because, in this too, prevention is better than cure."