Sustainability
Our Sustainable Services include:
Recyclable materials
In line with our plastic pledge (see below), YPS will only ever supply shrink films, stretch films or e-commerce materials that are 100% recyclable.
Downgauging Mission
Our team will always endeavour to supply you with the thinnest grade of wrap possible that's suitable for your application, reducing overall plastic consumption. We supply technically-advanced thin-gauge materials from leading manufacturers to make this possible.
Machinery made greener
When you’re looking to invest in new equipment, the YPS Team can advise on the optimum machinery to reduce material use for your operation. In addition, our experts can attend your site to perform a Sustainable Site Survey on your current set-up, recommending machine settings or a more appropriate material to help you reduce plastic use or minimise waste.
Baling machine scheme
We can supply, install and maintain a complimentary waste baling machine at your site to collect any waste flexible plastic accrued during production. We will regularly collect the baled waste and recycle it back into the appropriate channel to be re-granulated back into new films.
OUR PLASTIC PLEDGE
We’ve made an ‘eco-mmitment’ to our planet. And by that we mean that we are striving continuously to minimise the impact of our goods and services on the environment wherever possible. So we’ve devised a multi-pronged approach to achieve our goals, promising to:
- Downgauge the micron of flexible films used in as many applications as possible to reduce overall plastic consumption.
- Promote the widespread uptake of recycling behaviours amongst our customers and end-users.
- Offer a baling machine service to create waste-free wrapping operations and channel this waste back into the correct recycling streams.
- Only ever supply materials that are 100% recyclable.
- Continue to push our manufacturing partners to develop more and more materials with increasing levels of recycled content through R&D.
REDUCE. REUSE. RECYCLE.
Leading the way in sustainable materials
We think flexible plastics are great, boasting a whole range of planet-friendly, CO2 emission-reducing attributes, including being lightweight, easily and widely recycled, void avoiding and food-preserving. And yet we’re determined to make it better still.
By sourcing a wide range of circular post-consumer and post-industrial recycled-content material, YPS can offer many viable alternatives to 100% virgin plastic materials.
In addition, our collection of ultra-thin films allows us to swap any polyolefin film for a lower micron specification that provides the same performance from less plastic material and our extreme stretch capacity pallet wrap product achieves more coverage for every pallet with lower material consumption.
Finally, for those wishing to move away from plastics, we can also offer paper materials solutions for bagging applications.
Contact us for advice on materials that will make your operation greener.
machinery with sustainable benefits
It’s not just our materials that can contribute to a sustainable wrapping operation.
Several of our horizontal bagging machines run papers for those seeking to make a switch away from plastic packaging. Plus, many models in our range are specially designed to create very tight packs that conform exactly to a product’s dimensions, in order to minimise the consumption of material used, whether paper or plastic.
Our continuous motion machines also significantly reduce gapping between products compared to intermittent machines, which can minimise film waste in production by as much as 35%.
Please get in touch for further advice on machines that will work well for your operation.
planet-friendly packaging choices
Baling Machinery
100% Recyclable Materials
Downgauged Films
Site Surveys
Our sustainable business
At YPS, we are dedicated to not only minimising the environmental impact of our products, but to rising to the challenge of cleaner, greener business activities. Our team are working towards our goal of Net Zero by 2035 in a number of practical ways:
- Installation of a solar roof at our HQ, with the ultimate aim of being self-sufficient for our electricity needs.
- Operating a paper-free business for statements, invoices and engineer’s servicing reports. Any paper we do have to use is shredded and recycled locally.
- Our HQ boasts energy-efficient smart lighting, high-quality insulation and ventilation and our sales team drive a fleet of electric or hybrid vehicles.
- We have formed purposeful partnerships with our manufacturing sites, encouraging R&D into innovative polymers as well as eco-friendly schemes. For instance Bollore operate an ‘EcoTree’ scheme, planting trees on our behalf in French forests.
- Partnering with OPRL in order to display clear recycling guidance on our products.
- We bale and recycle all waste film generated in our showroom packaging demonstrations.
green whitepapers
Here’s some helpful resources covering various sustainability themes within the world of plastic packaging.
