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Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... and allows for high-level visual promotion. Being “green” and allowing for recycling, re-use and other features are under constant development. The multi-wall nature of many of these packages makes recycling ...

Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?

(Flexpack)

November 11, 2019, ... the task of recycling much harder and, given there is no standard composition of multi-polymer packaging, there is no feasible standard method to unpick and recover these materials. “Recyclability really ...

Driving Flexible Packaging

(Flexpack)

November 07, 2019, ... in a greenhouse gas 20 times more powerful than carbon dioxide.  Sustainability - Sustainability requires barrier solutions that do not interfere with recycling. Diving into additional industry trends ...

Innovia and Wildcorn Develop a Fully Recyclable and Sustainable Pack

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2019, ... Propafilm™ Strata high barrier film which quickly achieved the “Made for Recycling” logo from Interseroh, an Independent German recycling and consulting company. “This certification proves the recyclability ...

Afinia Label and Sihl Unveil New Flexible Packaging Solution

(News | New Products)

October 21, 2019, ... there’s even a certified “Made for Recycling” film that answers the question of sustainability. The end result is a high-quality pack that’s suitable for a wide range of products and markets. For more ...

How Flexible Packaging Converters Stand to Benefit from Rising Snack Culture

(News | New Products)

October 17, 2019, ... flexible packaging can preserve food longer, suit single-serving snack sizes and encourage recycling. All of this means that flexible packaging will continue to grow in popularity. For converters, that ...

K 2019 Düsseldorf: New Technologies as Drivers of Innovation for a Productive and Responsible Today, Tomorrow and Future

(Upcoming Conference News)

October 02, 2019, ... on the one hand and resource conservation, energy efficiency and recycling on the other.  For information on the show, visit www.k-online.com. Circular Economy: Preserving Value - Saving Resources ...

Mid America Launches Quality Initiative for Paperboard Industry to Generate Increased Revenues from Waste

(News | New Products)

September 26, 2019, Mid America Paper Recycling (MAPR), one of the largest independent brokers, processors and exporters of recovered paper in the Central United States, is launching a first-of-its-kind initiative focused ...

Coating and Laminating Offer Related and Unique Benefits

(Coating/Laminating)

September 11, 2019, ...  Barrier-protective coatings or layer to minimize “scratch” or other degradation. Product life cycle…length of use or amount of reuse. Ability to recycle. Laminates pose recycling issues. Food and ...

Label Release Liner Seminar

(News | New Products)

September 09, 2019, ... public affairs and recycling project manager for FINAT. They will deliver up-to-the-minute reports on the headline issues facing the release liner market for labelstock. The program also features an audience ...

North America: Technology Developments and Market Opportunities Drive Industry Growth

(News | New Products)

July 30, 2019, ... are investing significant sums of money in the idea and the technology that it could well be a commercial service in the next five or so years. Rethinking Recycling Recycling concerns seem to be cyclical ...

Paperboard Industry Plants Deep Roots with TICCIT®

(Carton Box)

July 17, 2019, Students across the U.S. and Mexico learned valuable lessons about recycling and sustainability when paperboard packaging manufacturers recently taught TICCIT® in their local communities. Students ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

May 23, 2019, ... Recycling multi-layered flexible packages has been a problematic issue looking for solutions. Among the details of these breakthroughs, however, is the need to return the packages to the retailers who ...

Perspectives on the Meaning of Sustainability in Flexible Packaging

(Flexpack)

May 21, 2019, ... processes and transportation efficiency, for example, are less often associated with sustainability than with aspects that are more obvious to consumers, such as recycling. Eighty-six percent of consumers ...

Sustain the World: the Case for Flexible Packaging

(Case Studies)

May 06, 2019, ... can bolster sustainability. From bio-based materials and consumer education, to mono-material recyclable structures and recycling infrastructure, we look forward to the fruits of these collaborations and ...

Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Laundry Detergent Pods — A LCA Case Study

(Case Studies)

May 01, 2019, ... pouch with zipper, and the package weight is 6X heavier. When taking current recycling rates into consideration, the rigid PET container results in nearly 4X more material ending up in municipal solid ...

Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Drink Pouch — A LCA Case Study

(Case Studies)

May 01, 2019, ... of packaging that ends up as municipal solid waste based on current recycling rates, the glass bottle results in more material ending up in municipal solid waste than the flexible drink pouch (1,213%). ...

Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry

(Label/Tape)

April 21, 2019, ... nearly 40 percent of all plastic manufactured with a life cycle of less than six months. Recycling is an obvious answer, but even that has slowed. Meanwhile, one of the world’s most reliable sources ...

Diversified Plastics Inc. Adds Rotational Molding Oven

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2019, ... as material handling carts and recycling containers. The implementation of a new rotational molding oven is expected to increase productivity and allow DPI to produce larger sized products for a variety ...

Ecoslide-OTC™ Paperboard Pack: Keystone Folding Box Co.

(News | New Products)

March 27, 2019, ... from its smaller internal blister for recycling.  The enclosed blister contains only a fraction of disposable plastic compared to peel/push blisters or plastic bottles. In developing Ecoslide-OTC, Keystone ...