The use of plastic strapping as a packaging material and a means for securing goods for transportation, exemplifies sustainability. It ensures that transported goods are secured with the minimal use of materials, meaning less packaging waste and ultimately less impact on the environment
Leading strapping machine manufacturers, Mosca, have committed to limiting environmental impact by ensuring their PET strap is manufactured in a climate-neutral process and by developing high-quality energy efficient machinery that consumes less energy during the strapping process.
End-to-end recycling
At Mosca, sustainability has always been a key driving force in the innovation and development of their technology.
Mosca’s PET strap is made from 100 per cent recycled material from used plastic bottles. After processing, the recyclable raw material becomes a brand new premium product. Depending on the width, the mostly green-coloured PET strap is extremely strong and reliable and withstands loads between 180 and 600kg. Any waste material generated during the production process is re-used via a shredding system.
The use of recycled material saves about 85 per cent of CO2 emissions compared with primary processes. The savings made over a year are equivalent to the annual amount of CO2 filtered from the air by a 500 hectare forest.
Sustainable production line
Mosca’s production plant houses a huge flat roof with photovoltaic system with 2,500 square meters of solar panels which feed the power supply system. This ensures that environmentally friendly strapping material can be produced as the line does not require more energy than the factory-owned photovoltaic system produces.
In addition, the weather from October through to March provides a further advantage, as no additional energy for cooling the production processes has to be expended. During this time of year, the outside temperature suitably feeds the necessary cooling units via a multi-functional cooling system of free-coolers and compressors.
Energy is recycled inside the production hall, where the isolated hot parts of the machine equipment provide high energy efficiency and any residual heat is used to heat the hall on cold days. Energy gained from brake lines is made available to the system in the form of electricity.
