Sustainability Archive - Papier- und Kartonfabrik Varel

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.

November 28th, 2024

PKV donates fruit trees to Varel elementary schools

A sign of biodiversity and sustainable education: PKV is donating twelve fruit trees to Varel’s elementary school. They are a reminder of the importance of natural cycles, can be a topic in lessons – and naturally provide fresh fruit.

August 14th, 2024

Up to 90 % less CO2: PKV fills up with recycled vegetable oil

… and it doesn’t smell like a chip shop at all: PKV has switched to the substitute fuel HVO 100 for the last combustion vehicles. This reduces the CO2 balance by up to 90 percent. And there are even more advantages.

July 26th, 2024

Our cardboard at Windsor Castle

Quality from Varel for kings and queens – and of course for everyone else too. But how did the cardboard bottle make it into the British royal residence of Windsor Castle?

June 11th, 2024

For customer event: sprayers create artwork on PKV paper roll

A role reversal: instead of packaging material, this paper roll from Varel weighing several tons has become a work of art!

June 4th, 2024

Visit from the Bundestag: Siemtje Möller discusses political issues with the PKV

Current political framework conditions for the paper industry in Germany and Europe were the subject of an exchange between Siemtje Möller, Member of the Bundestag, and the PKV.