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AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... during the recycling process. Applications include ready-to-cook/eat meal kits; live products such as lobsters, worms or plants; specialty meats/cheeses; online grocery orders; pharmaceuticals, blood and ...

European Bioplastics Talks About EU Legislation

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2018, The revised legislative package on waste acknowledges that bioplastics play a key role in achieving European Union recycling goals BERLIN, GERMANY | The provisional agreements reached by the European ...

EFIA Looks at a Flexo Challenge

(News | New Products)

February 20, 2018, ... EFIA explains, “We’ve already seen banning of black plastic trays from Waitrose [grocery] due to their inability to be identified by plastics sorting systems within the UK recycling infrastructure and ...

Material Science | The Future of Packaging

(Trends/Management)

February 05, 2018, ...  How the material is made is important, but more important is the impact it has on the overall recyclability of the package and its end of life. A number of solutions have been invented to make recycling ...

SPGPrints Offers One-Step Developer

(News | New Products)

January 24, 2018, ... activities. The unit, with a compact 2m2 footprint, also offers environmental benefits. It includes a water filtering and recycling system, and requires no drainage or exhaust: only electricity and compressed ...

As You Sow Praises McDonald’s Green Policy

(Flexpack)

January 23, 2018, ... or composted. As You Sow first filed a shareholder resolution with McDonald’s in 2012 urging the company to accelerate post-consumer recycling goals. With this action McDonald’s has made a stronger commitment ...

Pyrowave Receives Grant to Process Recycled PS

(News | New Products)

January 09, 2018, A grant from the Foam Recycling Coalition is allowing the company to purchase equipment for in-house processing of recycled polystyrene FALLS CHURCH, VA | Pyrowave, a pioneer in catalytic microwave ...

Industry Predictions | TESTing Your Imagination

(Trends/Management)

December 27, 2017, ... with programming aptitude will be drawn to internet, gaming, and mobile app industries. Recycling will continue to expand, even when economic models or environmental concerns may not justify it in ...

Labelexpo Asia Expands and Succeeds

(Label/Tape)

December 16, 2017, ... press shown by Fuji Xerox. Several companies showed products continuing the demand since the last show in 2015 for more sustainable products and services, UPM Raflatac promoted its RafCycle recycling ...

Sticking With It | Going Green

(Label/Tape)

December 03, 2017, Industry expert Ingrid Brase reports on the state of recycling as it pertains to tape and label adhesives. Industry expert Ingrid Brase reports on the state of recycling as it pertains to tape and ...

AWA Reviews Sessions on Release Liners

(Label/Tape)

November 25, 2017, ... session, a review of market trends and applications and in the second session an evaluation of sustainability and recycling achievements and challenges.  AWA president and CEO Corey Reardon opened the ...

Movie Popcorn Bucket Gets Peelable IML Coupons

(Carton Box)

November 08, 2017, ... it complies with legislation that promotes recycling and extended producer responsibility, and it’s a so-called ‘3R’ product: 100% reducible, reusable, and recyclable. Consumers are better informed than ...

Packaging Conference 2018 Announces Agenda

(Flexpack)

November 05, 2017, ... aluminum bottle options. Attendees will also hear about a new PET bottle recycling approach from Robert Daviduk, co-chief executive officer of rPlanet Earth. The company is planning on opening the largest ...

Dow Collaborates on Recycled Trash Bags

(Flexpack)

October 30, 2017, ... “We’ve taken on the challenge with Bemis and Polykar, alongside the Trash Free Seas Alliance, to increase post-industrial recycling and extend sustainable industrial practices to address a worldwide problem. ...

AMI Issues Report on Agricultural Films

(Flexpack)

October 24, 2017, ... the use of biodegradable materials or utilizing advanced technologies that enable recycling of those heavily contaminated films where it is economically and environmentally feasible. CONTACT COMPANY ...

Avery Dennison Shows Sustainable Solutions

(Label/Tape)

October 16, 2017, ... to a conventional alternative, while using less material. Recycling—requiring a label material to be recyclable itself, to be made of recycled content, or to enable or improve the recyclability of the ...

Keystone Folding Box Launches Ecoslide-RX 3.0 Package

(Carton Box)

August 08, 2017, ... is made from 100% recyclable paperboard. It is easily separated from its internal blister for recycling. The blister is disposed of, but contains only a fraction of disposable plastic when compared to ...

PPC Boot Camp Educates Industry Freshmen

(Carton Box)

June 27, 2017, Inks were on the agenda along with papermaking, recycling, sheeting, prepress and color management, printing, die-cutting, and more SPRINGFIELD, MA | The Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) held its ...

GSE to Launch Ink Management Software

(Print)

June 24, 2017, ... optimized ink yields through recycling press returns, as well as improved connectivity, mobility, and reporting capabilities.  Features include a modern user interface said to offer ease of use and extensive ...

Two Sides NA Environmental Report Is Positive

(News | New Products)

June 24, 2017, ... economy, the environment, and society. In 2016 the recovery rate for paper consumed in the US reached a record 67.2% and is approaching the AF&PA goal of 70%. Since 2001 recycling rates in the US have ...