Smurfit Kappa Facility Supports Local Conservation Project

SEATTLE (Scrap Monster): Smurfit Kappa- Europe’s leading corrugated packaging company has provided support to the ‘Park in the Past’ project, a local heritage and conservation project in Wales. The company provided 240,000 tonnes of excess soil from its Mold facility, which resulted from an expansion of the facility, to the project. The company has been transferring the soil from its manufacturing facility to the nearby project site over the past six months.

The ‘Park in the Past’ project will have several amenities including a Roman fort, children’s adventure area, sensory spaces and rare species pond.

At the same time, the place from where the soil was removed, has been transformed into an area containing a wide variety of wildflowers, as well as aquatic features for all types of wildlife. In addition, it will have around 10,000 trees and shrubs and a lagoon to support water drainage for a new property complex in the area. It would be open for Smurfit Kappa Mold employees as well as local residents.

Eddie Fellows, Smurfit Kappa CEO of UK & Ireland said that the company is thrilled to be able to contribute to the conservation project which is only five miles away from its site. The initiative is yet another example of its circular approach, he added.

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