Centres for paper and cardboard collection and recycling

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Environmental protection at Centres for Paper and Cardboard Collection and Recycling

The operations of loading, unloading, cleaning, classifying and bundling paper and cardboard waste have become a process that requires attention to environmental aspects.

Centres collecting and recycling this waste are responsible for providing a safe, environmentally sustainable service. These are the objectives of this certification, which entails the AENOR Environmental Services Mark.

The standard's audit process UNE 134001​ includes a visit to the Centre, an examination of the documentation ensuring adequate control and monitoring of the corresponding processes and a detailed inspection of the facilities subject to the certification, including:

• Weighing scales.
• Facilities and fire-fighting equipment.
• Protective safety equipment, clothes and footwear that are suitable for the staff.
• Facility signage.
• Characteristics of the process of unloading, cleaning, classifying, bundling and, where applicable, storage of the paper and cardboard waste.

Benefits for the organisation:

• Increased professionalisation of core resources.
• Control of the service provided.
• Certainty that the facility complies with the main environmental and occupational hazard requirements.

With clients:

• Differentiation from the competition.
• Reinforcement of the company's image.
• Communication of the environmental commitment and of risk prevention in a strategic sector.