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File under ‘sustainable’ As sustainability becomes an increasing priority for customers, EXACOMPTA has responded by launching two new innovative office filing and accessories ranges
E
very year 10 million tons of plastic
of recycled and sustainable materials, without compromising
waste ends up in the oceans, which
on the quality that customers are accustomed to. These new
is equivalent to one truckload every
selections are now being released in the UK through ExaClair.
minute. The figures are stark and, understandably, concern for the
MAÏA
environment is becoming a priority for governments and the
The Maïa range takes used plastic items such as punnets, yoghurt
public alike around the world, as are ways of reducing the
pots and bottles, which are then ground into flakes before being
amount of plastic that ends up in the oceans.
converted into granules. Tinted and embossed polypropylene
The same is true of office supplies manufacturers and the
sheets are then extruded from these granules to produce the Maïa
Exacompta Clairefontaine group – of which ExaClair is the
filing products. The polypropylene is pearled and embossed with
UK arm – has been devising ways to cut its use of plastics in
matt and bright effects on honeycomb patterns and the range
its products for well over a decade now, as well as reducing
of colours has been adapted to match evolving filing trends – for
the company’s carbon emissions and waste, and increasing
both home and office – and designed to appeal to all people,
the use of recycled materials across its ranges.Exacompta
young and old.
recently launched the Maïa and Teksto office filing and accessories ranges, which are made from significant amounts
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During a year more than 800 tons of post-consumption recycled plastic are used in this process, which equates to a
