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- APR Recycling Leadership Award Winners Announced to Honor Excellence in Plastics Recyclability
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- March 24, 2025, Innovators celebrated at the 2025 Plastics Recycling Conference Innovators celebrated at the 2025 Plastics Recycling Conference The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has announced the winners ...
- Nextek and Coveris Join Forces to Revolutionize Mechanical Recycling for Food-grade Plastic Film
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- March 17, 2025, ... Solutions for Flexibles' award from the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW). The award was granted in recognition of Nextek's innovative COtooCLEAN technology, which uses a unique waterless cleaning and ...
- Aligning North American Design Guidance for Plastic Packaging
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- March 17, 2025, The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has announced the publication in French of the APR Design® Guide for Plastics Recyclability The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has announced the publication ...
- APR Recycling Leadership Awards to Honor Excellence in Plastics Recyclability
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- January 08, 2025, Innovators to be celebrated at the 2025 Plastics Recycling Conference Innovators to be celebrated at the 2025 Plastics Recycling Conference Launched in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the ...
- How to Prevent Fogging in Plastics?
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- November 24, 2024, Have you ever wondered why the plastic cover on your food or your car's windshield fogs up on a humid day, making it difficult to see through? Have you ever wondered why the plastic cover on your food ...
- APR Releases New and Improved PCR Certification Program The seal of approval for post-consumer recycled plastics
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- November 20, 2024, The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) recently announced significant upgrades and improvements to the APR PCR Certification Program. The Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) recently announced ...
- Siegwerk, Tripack and Multi-Plastics to Unveil APR Approved Shrink Sleeve at Label Expo Americas 2024
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- August 30, 2024, Tripack, Siegwerk and Multi-Plastics debate collaborative recyclable solution for PET bottles at Label Expo Americas, September 10-12 in Chicago, IL. Tripack, Siegwerk and Multi-Plastics debate collaborative ...
- NOVA Chemicals Receives FDA LNO for Plastic Films Mechanical Recycling Process at Indiana Facility
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- June 17, 2024, ... Circular Solutions to be the first to market with broad food-contact compliant rLLDPE made from consumer and retail plastic film in 2025,” said Greg DeKunder, vice president, NOVA Circular Solutions. “We ...
- Demand Increasing for PCR Plastics: How Recycled PE supports Sustainable Packaging Solutions
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- June 13, 2024, Sustainability is on everyone's mind these days. By Alan Schrob, Director of Mechanical Recycling, NOVA Chemicals Sustainability is on everyone's mind these days. From reducing plastic pollution to ...
- Innovation in Extrusion Barriers Can Reduce Brand Owners’ Dependence on Plastic
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- April 17, 2024, According to the most recent statistics from the Environmental Protection Agency1, in 2018 the U.S. produced 35 million tons of plastics, while 27 million tons went to landfill. By Jalliina Järvinen, ...
- UPM Specialty Papers and Fazer Develop Recyclable Packaging Solution Without Plastic Lining
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- March 22, 2024, ... type of packaging for Fazer's Oat Rice Pies. Traditional plastic laminated packaging paper has been replaced with an innovative paper solution, which is easier to recycle and does not compromise the protection ...
- Addressing Bio-film/Compostables and Plastic Film Processing Challenges
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- March 17, 2024, ... An example that most packaging technologists will be aware of is polylactic acid or PLA. Bio-based polymers can be an alternative to materials such as petroleum-based plastic rigid and flexible filmic ...
- Finish Thompson Inc. Highlights DB10 Sealless Plastic Centrifugal Pumps for Pulp and Paper Applications
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- February 23, 2024, ... highlights its DB10 sealless plastic centrifugal pump, ideal for transferring corrosive chemicals in pulp and paper applications. With its unique, industry-leading five-year warranty, the DB10 pump offers ...
- From the Tosaf development laboratory: PFAS-free additives for the plastics industry
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- January 22, 2024, Tosaf, a globally active manufacturer of additives, compounds, and color masterbatches for the plastics industry, has developed processing aids for the extrusion of polyolefins that do not contain fluoroelastomers. ...
- New INXCure CardPro UV Offset Inks meet growing demand for Plastic Card printing applications
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- January 21, 2024, INX International Ink Co. has announced the introduction of INXCure CardPro, an offset plastic lamination ink system designed for the plastic card market. Photo courtesy of INX INX International ...
- kp makes waves with Recycled Coastal Plastics® drive
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- January 09, 2024, kp (Klöckner Pentaplast), global leader in rigid and flexible packaging and specialty film solutions, is proud of the success of its recycled coastal plastics initiative. Photo courtesy of Klöckner ...
- Mondi and Skånemejerier Partner to Introduce Mono-material Plastic Packaging
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- November 08, 2023, ... plastic packaging. (Photos: ICA Group, PR269) 1kg and 2kg blocks of cheese by Skånemejerier. It will be sold in leading Swedish supermarket ICA and now comes in packaging that is designed for recycling. ...
- VTT Finds Unprecedented Extensible Limits for Formable Cellulose-based Food Packaging to Replace Single-use Plastic
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- November 06, 2023, In a pilot-scale study to find alternative raw materials for rigid plastic packages, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland In a pilot-scale study to find alternative raw materials for rigid plastic ...
- Addressing Plastic Waste with Mono-web Coatings
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- October 25, 2023, As brands continue to focus on ways they can improve the sustainability of packaging, they feel an urgency to address plastic waste, especially plastics in the ocean. By Rick Stokes, Vice President ...
- Toray Plastics (America), Inc., Receives International Sustainability and Carbon Certification
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- October 22, 2023, Toray Plastics (America), Inc., announces it has received the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) for locations in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, and Front Royal, Virginia. Toray ...