| 27 saveBOARD REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT Kingspan Thermakraft has announced amajor partnership with saveBOARD, marking a crucial step in the company’s commitment to environmental responsibility and circular economy practices. "Our core business in New Zealand is manufacturing lexible underlays and the sales and distribution of rigid insulationmaterials," explains WilliamLin, General Manager of Products at Kingspan Thermakraft. "Through this partnership, waste from the production of lexible underlays will now be directed to saveBOARD instead of land ill. We're also extending this recycling service to our customers, allowing them to recycle lexible underlays waste from their construction processes." Flexible underlays are a soft plasticmaterial that builders use to provide a barrier against moisture and preventing water frompenetrating the building structure. Kingspan Thermakraft strongly encourage the construction industry to select synthetic products, such as Covertek 215 that is 100% recyclable. Traditional black building paper, also known as bituminous underlay, is not an example of a lexible underlay that can be recycled. William says the Kingspan Thermakraft and saveBOARD initiative its well with Kingspan Group's Planet Passionate programme, a 10-year sustainability programme launched in 2020. The programme aims to tackle threemajor global issues: climate change, increased circularity and protection of the natural world. “Through Planet Passionate, we are determined to reduce our manufacturing carbon (CO2e) emissions to as close to zero as technically possible, together with circularity improvement target of zero company waste to land ill by 2030,” saysWilliam. saveBOARD's innovative approach to sustainability complements Kingspan Thermakraft's Planet Passionate programme. The company is dedicated to transforming the built Boosting sustainability in construction environment by recycling construction soft plastics and composite packaging into structural panels, creating low-carbon buildingmaterials fromupcycledmaterials. Its manufacturing process uses only heat and pressure avoiding the use of glues, chemicals, or adhesives. saveBOARD's plant has the capacity to upcycle 4,000,000 kg of packaging waste per year into sustainable buildingmaterials. Every saveBOARD product purchased saves on average 25 kg of packaging waste fromgoing to land ill. "Sending waste to land ill not only harms the environment but is also costly," saysWilliam. With the right partnerships, we can do better. This collaboration with saveBOARD is just the beginning. We're actively seeking circularity relationships for our other product ranges especially rigid insulation solutions such as Koolthermand Therma." William says that the collaboration between Kingspan Thermakraft and saveBOARD represents a pivotal moment in New Zealand's construction industry, showcasing how companies can work together to createmore sustainable practices. “We hope that it will set a precedent for other manufacturers to follow, potentially leading to a more widespread adoption of circular economy principles in the sector.” Founder and CEO of saveBOARD, Paul Charteris believes that it’s an exciting opportunity for saveBOARD to partner with Kingspan Thermakraft. “It shows their commitment to support a circular economy, and they are taking real action to recycle their underlays with saveBOARD,” he says. “Whenmixed with our other feedstock like construction soft plastics, they formpart of our multi-use panels that go back to construction sites to be used again for hoardings and protection. This is how a circular economy works, keeping materials in use as long as possible and Kingspan Thermakraft are leading the way.” saveBOARD, turning the food and beverage cartons and soft plastic we collect via our schemes into sustainable building supplies. Buy saveBOARD to support New Zealand’s recycling and circular economy. home.recycling.kiwi.nz saveboard.nz The Packaging Forum's voluntary product stewardship programmes, in partnership with saveBOARD, are transforming the way Kiwis think about packaging waste. The Packaging Forumoperates two voluntary, member funded schemes - The Food and Beverage Carton Recycling Scheme (FBCRS) and the Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme (SPRS) – and both schemes have seen remarkable growth with the increasing number of members joining the scheme. Together, these two schemes o er a comprehensive solution for packagingwaste, addressing two signi icant streams of consumer waste. “This surge in participation underscores the growing commitment of major industry players to sustainable packaging solutions,” says Graham Burrell, FBCRSmanager. The FBCRS, launched in January, aims to divert food and beverage cartons from land ills by recycling them into new products. The Scheme now has 77 locations fromStewart Island in the South to Ngunguru in the North and growing. Even Scott Base in Antarctica is on board. Graham says this extensive networkmakes it easier than ever for New Zealanders to participate in recycling. Partnering with saveBOARD, the FBCRS transforms these items into sustainable building materials. The process, described by Grahamas akin to "an industrial scale toasted sandwich maker," involves shredding the cartons and pressing themwith heat. The plastic component of the cartons melts to become a binding agent, resulting in a product similar to plywood. Importantly, the process uses 100% renewable electricity and generates almost zero waste, aligning with New Zealand's sustainability goals. "There is now a sustainable solution for end of life packaging. All members of the Scheme are contributing to the circular economy by taking responsibility for the product at the end Developing sustainable packaging solutions of its life. This approach not only reduces waste but also creates value from what was once considered trash.” The success of these initiatives is largely due to the participation of major brands. Current partners include industry giants such as Sanitarium, Tetra Pak, Danone, Foodstu s, Fonterra, and Goodman Fielder, among others. Their involvement not only provides funding but also drives awareness and accessibility of the schemes, says Graham. Looking to the future, Graham is optimistic about further expansion as the volume collected grows and number of brands coming on board also increases. He says the schemes serve as a model for industry-led environmental initiatives. Complementing the FBCRS is The Packaging Forum's Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme, which allows New Zealanders to recycle plastic bags and wrappers. “It’s fantastic to see the innovationwhich saveBOARDhas brought toNewZealand to convert post-consumer soft plastic as well as food and beverage cartons into buildingmaterials,” says LynMayes, SPRSManager. “These products are nowbeing used in some of ourmembers’ retail outlets, o ices and production facilities and are even showcased outside the Beehive in the adjacent construction site. Importantly it demonstrates that investment in re-processing plants is critical to create a circular economy for our wastematerials here inNewZealand. I congratulate Paul and his team for having the initiative and tenacity to turn an idea into reality preventing tonnes of packagingwaste go to land ill.” By turning packaging waste into valuable resources, The Packaging Forum, saveBOARD, and its partners are not just recyclingmaterials – they're recycling the very concept of waste itself resulting in signi icant strides towards amore sustainable, circular economy.
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