Sustainability Archive - Papier- und Kartonfabrik Varel

May 8th, 2025

Arrival of waste paper: how delivery to the PKV works

Up to 5,000 tons of waste paper arrive at PKV every day. The Raw Materials Logistics department is responsible for receiving and storing the various types of waste paper at the waste paper yard and the two external warehouses.

March 25th, 2025

Step by step towards climate neutrality: PKV Sustainability Report 2023 published

The annual update of the PKV sustainability data is now available for 2023 – the report documents further steps on the path to climate neutrality, but also with regard to responsibility for employees and supply chains. The company published a roadmap for complete CO2 reduction at the beginning of 2025.

March 18th, 2025

75 years of waste paper in the PKV: Our raw material since 1950

For generations, PKV has relied on waste paper as a raw material and thus on sustainability and resource conservation. High quality from recycling has become the company’s brand essence.

February 18th, 2025

PKV bids farewell to its long-standing Managing Director Ulrich Lange

33 years at PKV, ten of them as Technical Managing Director – Ulrich Lange has dedicated his entire professional life to the paper and board mill and has helped shape the course of the company in various management positions over the decades.

February 14th, 2025

How PKV becomes climate neutral

PKV aims to reduce its CO2 emissions by 42% by 2031 and produce completely climate-neutral paper and cardboard from waste paper by 2045 – in the perfect sustainable cycle for packaging material. Recycling becomes greencycling. PKV is investing a three-digit million sum to achieve this goal.

January 10th, 2025

6,000 euros for non-profit projects

From the carnival community to the youth fire department to kindergarten support associations: a donation program for PKV employees has also supported numerous volunteer projects in the region in 2024.