Certificates from Alpha Calcit

– Sustainability through

Resource Conservation

 

As a responsible company, Alpha Calcit places great importance on the careful use of natural resources. At the core of our daily operations, in addition to the highest quality standards for our mineral filler products, is the support of sustainability through resource protection.

Through targeted measures, we succeed in utilizing material waste from rock extraction in selected Alpha Calcit product lines with 100% pre-consumer recycled content. Our latest generation of certified, natural calcium carbonates CALCILIT® ECO G and ECOCARB® KA accordingly embraces the core idea “Sustainability from the very beginning” .

A perfect way to optimally prepare the end products in many application areas of construction chemistry, plastics, and paints & coatings from the very beginning for a sustainable product cycle.

 

Sustainability through Packaging Cycle

On the important topic of packaging, Alpha Calcit has been pursuing a clear course towards a circular economy for many years. Therefore, our products are transported either loosely as bulk material, in reusable kraft paper bags, or recyclable Q-Bags.

To systematically reduce packaging volumes, the Alpha Group relies on the RepaSack take-back system from Interzero Circular Solutions and Rigk.

 

Participation in the Rigk System for Packaging

Since Alpha Calcit products are classified as “non-hazardous,” the packaging units used for delivery can be returned to Rigk easily and free of charge after cleaning.

The return is carried out via collection points organized by Rigk and is recycled in an environmentally friendly manner in accordance with the provisions of the Circular Economy Act (KrWG). In this way, the Alpha Group makes an important contribution to the resource-saving recycling of packaging materials.

Interzero Certificate for Alpha Calcit

In addition to participating in Rigk, the Alpha Group takes part in the Interzero circular economy program “RepaSack”. The RepaSack take-back system ensures that kraft paper bags are professionally recycled and returned to the material cycle.

The annually awarded Interzero certificate confirms Alpha Calcit’s achievements: It documents the specific primary raw materials and CO2 emissions saved through packaging recycling and demonstrates a measurable contribution to improving the CO2 footprint, as a further contribution to resource conservation and supporting the concept of sustainability in awareness of Alpha Calcit’s ecological values.

 

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Company Certificate by UL Solutions

In quarries, rejected rock (e.g., due to cracks or smaller blocks), geotechnical defects (e.g., color, stains, veins), and sludge waste from drilling and sawing result in reject quantities of more than 60%.
This requires an integrated concept for rock disposal and the recycling of rejected stones. The byproduct is created – as a sustainable path to market and important measures to improve the environmental impact of mining – through crushing, breaking, washing the stones (if necessary), screening the crushed material into various grain sizes, and grinding to the final specification.

The product lines CALCILIT® ECO G and ECOCARB® KA consist of 100% pre-consumer recycled material and are certified by UL Solutions according to the UL 2809 Standard (5th Edition) through the Environmental Claim Validation Procedure (ECVP) for Recycled Content, via the process described above.

DIN Certificates

Alpha Calcit is also DIN ISO 9001 and DIN ISO 50001 certified.

 

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