Greenpak

Malta

Conai

GreenPak, first established in 2004, operates a compliance scheme to recover packaging waste in Malta and Gozo, on behalf of importers/producers. Its main aim is to tackle the steadily increasing waste problem across Europe, and to provide Maltese organisations with the facility to conform to their packaging recovery obligations with minimal effort and at the least possible cost.

System Description

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As the pioneer in its field the GreenPak Compliance Scheme is the longest running registered compliance scheme in Malta fully authorised by the environment regulator, the Malta Environment and Planning Authority. From its humble beginnings in 2004 with 100 members, GreenPak now has a membership base of over 1300 members. During 2010 GreenPak invited its members to actively take part in the scheme and evolved from a private limited company to a Cooperative run by a Board consisting of its own members. The members of the Board represent all the sections of the Scheme’s membership base i.e. from the largest organization to the smallest. During 2011 GreenPak was awarded the “Management Award for Sustainable Development” by the Cleaner Technology Centre.

Communication activities

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GreenPak carries out numerous educational initiatives with the general public such as, amongst others

GreenPak encourages public participation door to door:

Over four million green recycling bags have been given away by GreenPak to consumers. GreenPak has striven to encourage and facilitate the public’s participation in recycling practices, distributing free green recycling bags to households whose Local Council forms part of the GreenPak recycling scheme.

GreenPak’s aim is to further promote “Recycling on Tuesdays”.

In addition to distributing door-to-door recycling bags, GreenPak disseminated educational guidance and leaflets to residents by its appointed recycling advisors. Residents learnt about the direct environmental and economical benefits derived from recycling, as well as what can be recycled in respect to door-to-door collections, and bring-in sites. Furthermore, residents were advised about the civic amenity site options, such as the used battery drop points and the bulky collection services organised by the local councils.

Clean up the Seabed:

Over 350 volunteers and 42 organizations helped in the task of simultaneously cleaning eight locations around Malta and Gozo on the same day! A record number of over 350 volunteers and 42 organisations teamed up with GreenPak to make the 4th Annual Seabed Clean Up Malta’s largest clean up drive on record, extending its annual Clean up event to cover not one, but eight different locations around Malta and Gozo

By coordinating a Clean up of such magnitude, GreenPak highlighted the important message that through the public utilisation of recycling facilities, the majority of plastics, paper and glass can be prevented from entering our seas and thusly avoid adding to the marine dumping ground. As a result of the Clean Up, tons of material were removed from the sea and beaches.

Recycling competitions in schools:

Almost 3,000kg of recyclable waste made up of plastic and paper was collected from primary schools in a collective effort to recycle more and create awareness about the importance of waste separation.

Organised by GreenPak Coop Society, the schools campaign ‘Nirriciklaw l-iskart’ ran for six weeks between April and May 2012.

In all 2,070 pupils participated from nine primary schools. The Eco-Skola committee at each school assisted GreenPak’s initiative and encouraged their pupils to take recyclable waste to school.

Students were provided with GreenPak’s recycling bags to deposit the recyclable material, such as plastic and paper, which they brought with them from home. They also had the opportunity to observe the complete recycling process at the recycling facility.

During the collection phase from each school, Green Gary entertained the pupils. All participating students were presented with stationary made from recycled material, while a certificate with the weight measured was presented to the head of each school.

Prevention

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A network of 800 smart iBiNs have been installed around Malta & Gozo. These revolutionary iBiNs are equipped with smart technology that enables citizens to recycle 24/7 and spells an end to overflowing bring-in sites.
Using next-generation Internet of Things technology introduced for the first time to the island by Vodafone Malta, the iBiNs have the capability to monitor waste levels and feed information back to a central system which enables GreenPak’s recycling service to prioritise and customise collection routes in the localities it serves across Malta and Gozo.
The smart iBiNs are being supported through the Business Enhance ERDF Grant Schemes Initiative, and part-financed by the European Regional Development Fund under Operational Programme I 2014-2020 ‘Fostering a competitive and sustainable economy to meet our challenges’.
Apart from eradicating unsightly overflowing, the bins will enable GreenPak to avoid unnecessary truck movements and focus only on those bins which actually need to be emptied, improving the quality of air and improving traffic on our roads.
The iBiNs are managed in real time and data received is fed into the fleet management system, informing drivers which ones require urgent attention or not. Apart from helping GreenPak improve its service, thanks to this, GreenPak will also be minimising the carbon footprint and reducing costs.
GreenPak has also developed a web-app and has teamed up with Vodafone Malta to provide this technology to the public. Through their phones or tablets, the public is informed of the bins closest to them so that they can determine if these have spare capacity to take more recyclable material.
On selecting the colour-coded image of the iBiN, the app informs you whether the iBiN has free space to take your recyclables. If the bin is full, the app guides you to the next nearest available iBiN via a Google Map interface.
The iBiNs offer a service that allows the public to recycle waste – anytime, anywhere.

Contact

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GreenPak Cooperative Society Ltd

St. John Street
Fgura FGR1447
MALTA

Phone: (00356) 21 660233
Fax: (00356) 21 803434
E-mail: info@greenpak.com.mt
Web: www.greenpak.com.mt