Sustainability

our eco-mmitment

OUR PLASTIC PLEDGE

We've made an 'eco-mmitment' to our planet. And by that we mean that we are striving continuously to minimise the impact of our goods and services on the environment wherever possible. So we've devised a multi-pronged approach to achieve our goals, promising to:

Downgauge the micron of flexible films used in as many applications as possible to reduce overall plastic consumption.
Promote the widespread uptake of recycling behaviours amongst our customers and end-users.
Offer a baling machine service to create waste-free wrapping operations and channel this waste back into the correct recycling streams.
Only ever supply materials that are 100% recyclable.
Continue to push our manufacturing partners to develop more and more materials with increasing levels of recycled content through R&D.

REDUCE. REUSE. RECYCLE.

Innovative polymers

Leading the way in sustainable materials

We think flexible plastics are pretty great, boasting a whole range of planet-friendly, CO2 emission reducing attributes, including being lightweight, easily and widely recycled, void avoiding and food-preserving. And yet we're determined to make it better still. Alongside our manufacturing partners, we're stretching the limits on plastic's green credentials. By sourcing renewable sugarcane-based polymers as well as circular post-consumer and post-industrial recyclates, YPS can now offer many viable alternatives to 100% virgin plastic materials, thereby reducing our overall dependence on petrochemical resources. We believe that conformance to a closed-loop model of packaging using recyclable and recycled plastic containing films is the most sustainable way to protect our planet as well as the best way to guarantee the availability of soft plastics - a brilliant and unmatched packaging material - long into the future. Furthermore, our collection of ultra-thin films allows us to swap any polyolefin film for a lower micron specification that provides the same performance from less plastic material and our extreme stretch capacity pallet wrap product from CROCCO achieves more coverage for every pallet with lower material consumption. Below you can browse our extensive catalogue of eco-friendly materials - many of them also Plastic Packaging Tax exempt.

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Our fully recyclable barrier film for MAP applications is waterproof, leak proof and puncture resistant. Now also available with recycled content for a truly circular solution.

Available with recycled content

100% recyclable

Anti-fog properties for outstanding optics

Full food contact approval

The thinnest poultry dedicates film on the market

Oxbtec Barrier

BZ is an extremely durable cross-linked shrink film. Designed with high puncture resistance and superior seal strength, this film is perfectly suited to irregularly shaped items or items with sharp protrusions.

Available with recycled content

High puncture resistance and incredible strength

Ideal for irregularly shaped items

Prevents distortion of packs

100% recyclable

BZ Cross Linked High Impact

Fully recyclable shrink material for just about any transit packing application in single wound and centre folded variations.

Robust, durable shrink film for transit applications

Thicknesses between 30-150 micron

Fully recyclable with the option of 30%+ recycled content

Printing possibilities for enhanced branding

Available in clear or coloured

Polythene Transit

An innovative range of ultra-thin shrink films offering all the qualities of their traditional counterparts but with less volumes of plastic wrap, ideal for environmentally friendly applications.

Available with recycled content

Ultra-thin microns for reduced film consumption

High-performance shrink films to rival our standard thickness films

100% recyclable

Outstanding optics for incredible aesthetics

BTT Ultra-Thin Technology

A versatile film choice offering cohesion strength, gloss, clarity and outstanding transparency. Ideal for co-packing applications, this film is pre-perforated as standard.

100% recyclable with recycled content blends available

Optimised pre-perforation for controlled shrinkage

Delivers outstanding optics

A wide operating window for great machineability

A centre-folded film that's available in multiple thicknesses

BE Multi-Packing

A shrink material suited to a wide range of applications, offering high shrinkage performance, great optics and outstanding machinability.

Low temperature properties for an energy-efficient operation

Enhanced performance and productivity with outstanding yield

Up to 20% higher shrink capacity than competitor films

100% recyclable and also available with recycled content

Exceptional clarity and gloss

BY High Performance

With a low shrink force, BRX eliminates distortion on thin products whilst maintaining strength and toughness. Ideal for packing softer items like paper products, tissues and products in lightweight trays.

Shrinks and seals at lower temperatures for energy efficiency

Cross-linked construction for high tensile strength

100% recyclable

Available with recycled content

Eliminates distortion on thinner products

BRX Cross Linked Low Shrink Force

World-leading 100% recyclable bio-based shrink film, boasting green credentials with a sustainable and renewably-sourced sugarcane ethanol base.

100% recyclable

Formulated from a waste by product of sugarcane production

Shrinks at low temperatures for increased energy-efficiency

Full food-contact approval

Outstanding optics

B-NAT Bio-based PE

A collection of fully recyclable general purpose polybags and mailers suited to packing a wide array of products. Perfect for mailing, e-commerce and retail applications.

100% recyclable with recycled content options

Coloured, clear or opaque bags with or without black inners

Print information, logos, barcodes, QR codes and more with ease

Upgrade bags with hang holes, vents. headers and easy-open strips

Strong, secure bags that are puncture-resistant and weatherproof

Standard Poly Bags

For e-commerce packaging that packs a punch, choose our branded polybags. Wow your customers with full-colour images, logos and designs for an unforgettable unbagging experience.

Up to 8 high-definition colour prints

Unlimited free proofs of your design

100% recyclable with recycled content options available

Incorporate hang holes, vents, easy-tear strips and headers

Widths up to 600mm wide and thicknesses up to 150mu

Printed Poly Bags

Thinner and lighter than traditional stretch films to reduce film consumption whilst delivering the same strength and high performance. Suitable for manual or machine applications.

100% recyclable

Recycled content blends available in our 200% 20mu specification

Available with and without cores

Suitable for chilled environments and applications

Available for hand or machine wrapping operations

Pre-Stretched

A cast film designed for pre-stretch and power pre-stretch rotary pallet wrappers with between 200-220% stretch ratio settings.

100% recyclable

The lowest stretch ratio in our range

Available in 15 – 23 micron thicknesses

Compatible with semi and fully automatic machinery

500mm width rolls

Low Stretch Force

A range of high quality stretch films in an array of thicknesses and widths for manual application. Characterised by their low unwind noise and exceptional load stabilising properties.

100% recyclable

Thicknesses over 16mu can be supplied with recycled content

Available with flush and extended cores or without cores at all

Thicknesses between 5mu and 30mu

Clear, coloured or printed specifications possible

Hand Stretch

efficient equipment

machinery with sustainable benefits

It's not just our materials that can contribute to a sustainable wrapping operation. Several of our horizontal bagging machines run papers for those seeking to make a switch away from plastic packaging. Plus, many models in our range are specially designed to create very tight packs that conform exactly to a product's dimensions, in order to minimise the consumption of material used, whether paper or plastic. Our continuous motion machines also significantly reduce gapping between products compared to intermittent machines, which can minimise film waste in production by as much as 35%. Below we have highlighted some of our most eco-friendly wrapping machines.

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The Servo X continuous motion side sealer can wrap a wide variety of products and is ergonomic, flexible and simple to use.

Speeds of up to 100 packs per minute

Reduces film consumption by up to 35%

Remote disgnostics

Fast and easy format changeovers

Creates a high quality aesthetic finish

Hugo Beck Servo X Side Sealer

Multi-purpose hybrid machines that can wrap products in both paper and plastic film at high speeds.

Delivers the ultimate flexibility from one bagging unit

Easy and fast changeovers between materials

Optional Hugo Beck cockpit for monitoring and data control

Up to 15,000 packs per hour in film and 12,000 per hour in paper

Tight precision bagging minimises material consumption and waste

Paper X Hybrid

Known as the sewing machine, the Paper E-COM Fit creates secure, sustainable packs from paper materials with sewn and overlapped edges.

Packs goods with minimal paper consumption

Creates packs with two sewn sides and top overlap

Bag size automatically adjusts to the product size

Switches intuitively between different sized paper rolls

Connects to ERP or higher control systems

PAPER E-COM FIT

With an intelligent adjustment for bag width detection and cutting, the E-COM Fit delivers high-speed bagging of products into custom-fit shipping bags.

Adapts to product length and width

Forms tight shipping bags to minimise material usage

Intelligent print and apply labeller with GDPR compliant data system

Inbuilt remote diagnostic capabilities and ERP system connections

Speeds of up to 1,100 cycles per hour

Flexo 700 E-Com Fit

A high-speed continuous motion system that bags goods with minimal material consumption and automatically adjusts the bag size with four sealed sides to the product's exact length and width as standard.

Adapts to the exact product length and width as standard

Creates tight bags for the lowest possible material use

Achieves up to 1,800 cycles per hour

Create striking two-tone bags with ease due to dual roll system

Integrated scan, print and dispense label system

Servo X E-COM Fit

Sustainable services

Baling machine scheme

We can supply, install and maintain a complimentary waste baling machine at your site to collect any waste flexible plastic accrued during production. We will regularly collect the baled waste and recycle it back into the appropriate channel to be re-granulated back into new films.

Recyclable materials

In line with our plastic pledge, YPS will only ever supply shrink films, stretch films or e-commerce materials that are 100% recyclable. That's a promise.

Sustainable site survey

Concerned that your operation may be generating waste? Perhaps you're not achieving the best stretch capacity from your pallet wrap or having to run a lot of re-wraps? Our experts will attend to tweak your machine's settings or recommend a more appropriate material to help you reduce the volumes of plastic used or minimise waste.

Downgauging Mission

Our team will always endeavour to supply you with the thinnest grade of wrap possible that's suitable for your application. Reducing the micron of film used reduces the overall volume of plastic used per pack and in turn your businesses consumption.

planet-friendly packaging choices

Baling machinery

100% recyclable materials

downgauged films

site surveys

ENABLING REGRANULATION

BACK TO BASICS WITH BALERS

Take advantage of our handy baling machines and let's work together to repurpose any waste plastic generated in your production line. Pack cut-off plastic? Re-wraps required? Excess trim plastic left on the sealing jaw? Any unwanted flexible plastics like these can be saved from landfill and channelled into recycling plants with our back to basics approach. Simply install a baler alongside your wrapping equipment and ensure your operators discard any flexible film waste into it including shrink film and stretch film (don't mix in rigid plastics though!). The baler will gradually compact your scrap plastic into cubic tonnes ready to be picked up by our team. From there we'll ensure your baled plastic enters the correct recycling streams and gets a whole new chance at life! Choose from our large, medium or small balers depending on your warehouse space and production volume and we'll supply and maintain it free of charge. Basic right? So remember; just collect it, clean it and compact it!

operational goals

playing our part

At YPS, we are dedicated to not only minimising the environmental impact of our products, but to rising to the challenge of cleaner, greener business activities. Our team are working towards our goal of a sustainable future in a number of practical ways:

Operating a paper-free business in which we have forgone posted statements and invoices, as well as transitioning our engineer's servicing reports over to digital formats. Any paper we do have to use is shredded and recycled locally.
Our new HQ boasts energy-efficient smart lighting, high-quality insulation and ventilation and our sales team drive a fleet of electric or hybrid vehicles.
We have formed purposeful partnerships with our manufacturing sites, encouraging R&D into innovative polymers as well as eco-friendly schemes. For instance Bollore operate an 'EcoTree' scheme, planting trees on our behalf in French forests.
Partnering with OPRL in order to display clear recycling guidance on our products.
We bale and recycle all waste film generated in our showroom packaging demonstrations.

We've got our sights set on further improvements such as the installation of solar panels at our offices and warehouses, so watch this space.