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Archroma Announces Certification of Compostability for Range of Paper Dyes

(Sustainability Forum)

August 01, 2023, ... compostable materials have gained considerable attention. Compostability plays a crucial role in the circular economy, enabling waste reduction and the generation of valuable organic matter. To ensure ...

Delivering Packaging Sustainability Through Pigment, Ink, Coating and Adhesive Technologies

(Coating/Laminating)

January 16, 2025, ...  Among these products are pigments, inks, coatings and adhesives that utilize natural materials, that help reduce packaging weight and production waste, and that enable recyclability and compostability ...

Path to Sustainability According to Nordmeccanica

(Coating/Laminating)

December 04, 2024, ...  We think that sustainability remains something a little more complex than the pure recyclability and compostability of flexible packaging. First, flexible packaging is not the largest contributor to ...

Update on Paperboard Packaging Sustainability Trends

(Bag Pouch)

June 26, 2024, ... to folding cartons and rigid boxes: Recyclability and labeling requirements, compostability, extended producer responsibility, post-consumer content mandates, chemistry in packaging, ESG reporting requirements ...

Recyclability & Circularity Consumers Support Sustainable Brand Packaging

(Print)

April 08, 2024, ... & Board sector often seek information on compostability and how the approach can fit into a modern circular packaging economy. In the flexible packaging and narrow web categories, the recyclability of ...

A New Era in Sustainable Packaging

(News | New Products)

March 26, 2024, ... and compostability is challenging  but  scientists have found the right formulation.The film is 45 percent biopolymer with a completely different texture than stretch film because it has a different purpose: ...

Self-adhesive Materials for Biodegradable Labels: Highest Environmental Standard for Packaging Achieved

(News | New Products)

December 20, 2023, ... limits for volatile substances, heavy metals and fluorine must not be exceeded. The complete biodegradability, compostability and ecotoxicity was also checked. The two HERMA self-adhesive materials already ...

How Brands Can Appeal to Generation Z with Sustainable Packaging Solutions

(Bag Pouch)

August 30, 2023, ... Many countries have also introduced legislation to reduce the use of single-use plastics and promote the use of recyclable options. Compostability, on the other hand, is still growing. Primarily made ...

NIRI Opens Innovation House: State-of-the-art new premises to expand nonwoven and fiber product development and commercialization

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2023, ... and meet new regulatory standards.  We help reduce the environmental impact of numerous products for clients across a host of sectors, with R&D and commercial solutions to improve biodegradability, compostability, ...

CJ Biomaterials’ Amorphous Polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) Added to FDA’s Inventory of Food Contact Substances

(News | New Products)

May 03, 2023, ... biodegradability and compostability of products, including food packaging materials. Plastic food packaging is a significant contributor to global plastic waste, and using materials like amorphous PHA ...

Michelman — Delivering Innovative Solutions to Capture Market Opportunities and Accelerate Growth – Highlights at Dscoop Edge St. Louis World Expo

(News | New Products)

April 28, 2023, ... from recycled or renewably-sourced materials. We provide these benefits without negatively impacting the inherent recyclability, repulpability, or compostability of the finished article. Select Michelman ...

Michelman Solutions for Creating Sustainable Flexible Packaging on Display at PAMEX 2023

(News | New Products)

March 19, 2023, ... (OTR), and heat seal without negatively affecting recyclability or compostability. Featured coating solutions at PAMEX will include the water-based Michem® Flex family, a complete system of enabling ...

Achieving Sustainability: Q&A with Sun Chemical’s Dr. Nikola Juhasz

(Coating/Laminating)

March 12, 2023, ... and environmental goals, brands and converters increasingly focus on three aspects when designing and producing packaging: 1) end-of-life, including recyclability and compostability; 2) source reduction ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... to enhance recyclability, including repulpability and compostability of a range of packaging structures. Sun Chemical’s SunSpectro® SolvaWash GR and FL washable/ deinkable gravure and flexo-printable ...

How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2023, ... properties to paper and board substrates while being FDA compliant for direct food contact, repulpability, recyclability and compostability. Designed to provide resistance to water, grease/oil, industrial ...

Three Ways Water-Based Primers are Advancing Extrusion Coating Trends in the Flexible Packaging Industry

(Bag Pouch)

January 15, 2023, ... to meet the specifications of the consumer and CPG brand. Adding a primer or coating can provide the needed functionality without affecting recyclability. Primers can Enable Compostability or Recyclability ...

The “5R” Framework

(Coating/Laminating)

December 11, 2022, ... goals. Partnerships across the supply chain and with trade organizations that share similar sustainability values to deliver bio-renewability, compostability and recyclability, will help the packaging ...

The “5R” Framework: An Approach Designed to Reduce Packaging Waste

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2022, ... across the entire value chain align their sustainability goals. Partnerships across the supply chain and with trade organizations that share similar sustainability values to deliver bio-renewability, compostability ...

Third-Party Certifications Can Validate Sustainability Claims

(Bag Pouch)

July 10, 2022, ... across the value chain to ensure that adhesives help improve compostability, recyclability and a circular economy. Since 1887, H.B. Fuller has been a leading global adhesives provider focusing on perfecting ...

Discovering Exciting New Uses for ‘Green’ Film Technology

(News | New Products)

June 23, 2022, ... that Eco Works® 10 conforms to the EN 13432 standard (European equivalent of ASTM D6400) for industrial compostability.* It also contains 10 percent renewable content. Eco Works® 10 Film and Bags can be ...