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Sustainability

Sustainability according to Pantamera

Returpack's sustainability work is based on the vision of contributing to a sustainable society through the world's best deposit system. Sustainability issues permeate in a natural way all parts of our business, where active responsibility for people, the environment and society guides us daily in our decisions. Five focus areas form the basis for our sustainability work; recycling, climate & environment, business relationships, employees and society.

Sustainable material recycling - at all levels

Our big challenge and the goal with the entire deposit sytem, is to get the Swedish people to deposit more. Our sight is set to 90 percent depositing. And the Swedes are good at depositing. Over 88 percent of the deposit packaging sold is deposited. Our aim has always been to utilize the cans and bottles we collect in the most resource-efficient and sustainable way possible, and today we have developed into an efficient material recycling company.

Sustainable and cost-effective supply chains

Returpack depend on a number of different suppliers to make the deposit system work. The suppliers are thus an extension of our own operations, which means that sustainable and cost-effective supply chains are a prerequisite for us to be able to jointly contribute to sustainable development. Returpack's code of conduct for suppliers conveys the demands we place on ourselves, our suppliers and their subcontractors regarding work and human rights, health and safety, the environment and business ethics.

Systematic environmental work

The environmental work is conducted systematically with the support of the certified environmental management system based on the requirements of ISO 14001. One of the key words is continuous improvement, which means that we evaluate and improve our working methods and methods continuously.

Fossil-free transport by 2025

We are one of the companies that have accepted the Fossil-Free Sweden Transport Challenge. The goal of the challenge is to only carry out and buy fossil-free domestic transport by 2030. We want to pursue this work faster than that, which is why we have declared that we will meet the challenge by 2025.

Zero climate emissions by 2030

We have now also accepted the challenge of reducing our climate emissions to zero by 2030. This applies to all three scopes (Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3) according to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG protocol). The heavy areas to work with are our energy use and our transports. Read more about our challenges at Fossil-Free Sweden.

Articles from Sustainability Report 2023:

Pantamera Humour

The Swedish Internet Foundation’s annual survey, Swedes and the Internet, shows that the three social media that are used most by Swedes are YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Both young and old people use social media, but the platforms they use differ to some extent. Among young people born in the 2000s, the most widely used are YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok and Roblox.

New EU legislation

One of the major societal problems that the EU wants to combat is the growing amount of waste, especially from packaging, where single-use plastic packaging is considered to be the biggest culprit.

To arouse interest in deposits and recycling, Pantamera invites children and young people to Pantresan. This is an activity that is adapted to LGR22, and everyone from preschool up to Year 6 can participate.

Employee Survey

The results of the employee survey in 2023 show a high level of satisfaction on an overall level among our employees.

Deposit Store of the Year named

Stores and retailers in Sweden play a key role in the Swedish deposit system, and the efficiency of the deposit system is based on the stores’ commitment and accessibility. The Deposit Store of the Year competition draws attention to stores throughout Sweden that are going the extra mile to get more people to use the deposit system more.

Recycled lids will be turned into new lids

We have been recycling lids in-house since June 2017, and from the beginning we have enjoyed a successful collaboration with Reelab. Working together, we are now aiming to close the circle by turning recycled lids into new lids.

A facility with big visions

Increased circularity – more than deposit flows Returpack’s vision is to be as circular as possible. We are constantly investigating how we could redirect new fractions from incineration to material recycling.

Future projects

At Returpack, continuous development work is carried out with the drive to improve efficiency. For us, efficiency means creating transport flows that are as sustainable as possible, both financially, environmentally and in terms of the work environment.

High demands placed on new packaging

Each new beverage package has to be checked and approved before it can be included in our deposit system. We have had a record number of newcomers this year – as many as 3,000 items in the first eleven months of the year. Microbreweries account for a large proportion of the increase, although the deposit system has also been affected by new legal requirements.

Collection and deposit statistics

Every year, we compile statistics on how much is submitted to the deposit system in Sweden and thus can be recycled into new cans and bottles. In 2023, more packaging was sold than ever before – 3.09 billion cans and bottles – and of these, more than 2.72 billion were recycled. The collection rate for 2023 ended up at 88.5 per cent.

Do you want to read our previous sustainability reports? You can find them here:

Relaterade länkar

Some know us as Returpack, others as Pantamera. And everybody is right. The brand Pantamera is driven by Returpack AB.Our operations are governed and regulated by the ordinance on producer responsibility for packaging; SFS 2022:1274, where the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency is the permit and supervisory authority.

Involvement & Sponsorship

For us, it is crucial for our commitment to include social responsibility and environmental benefits, and to be clearly linked to the collection of deposits and/or the acquisition of knowledge.