Protection of people and continuity of services

Aliplast's double challenge in emergency management.

Carlo Andriolo, Aliplast SpA CEO (Hera Group) transforms plastic waste to make it become a resource by managing the integrated cycle in a sustainable way.

The health emergency that has hit the country represents a double challenge for Aliplast, a Hera Group company and primary reality in European plastic recycling.

In fact, it was necessary to combine the primary need to guarantee the health of employees with that of continuing to carry out strictly necessary services on a daily basis, which cannot be interrupted.

These are services aimed both at the community, such as the recovery of plastic from segregated collection to give it new life, as well as the production sector, such as the manufacture of articles in plastic materials which are also fundamental for the food sector, also at the forefront of this emergency.

The range of initiatives undertaken, and still active, for the protection and safety of personnel has been wide and articulated.

Since the beginning of the emergency, Aliplast has put into practice the directives, recommendations and prescriptions provided by the Hera Group for all companies and territories; in particular, the use of safety devices, the sanitization of all company areas and systems, the displacement of work shifts to minimize contacts between the members of the operating teams, repeated information and awareness activities for staff on behavior correct to be adopted during the performance of one's job to operate safely avoiding any risk of contagion.

In addition to the adoption of measures and actions to protect multiutility workers, not least the COVID-19 insurance coverage policy for all employees who are infected with the virus, Aliplast has developed an extraordinary remote working plan, organizing a large staff turnover to lighten the presence in the offices as much as possible.

The situation is still evolving and, for this reason, in the Hera Group there are working groups that meet constantly to follow the evolution of the emergency and consequently adapt in parallel, day by day, the organization of work and services to continue to guarantee, in maximum safety for all, an indispensable service for citizens and businesses.