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How Flexographic Printing Can Unlock New Packaging Potential

(Bag Pouch)

April 09, 2023, ... substrates (which usually aren’t recyclable) towards single, PE-based ones (which often are). Biodegradable pouches, compostable bags, ever-thinner plastics, lighter substrates: The innovations have ...

Innovative Biovate Hygienics Launches One of the First Plastic-free Paper Bottles for Commercial Cleaning Products

(News | New Products)

March 13, 2023, ... be recyclable or compostable, while its screw neck and cap are made of Moso Bamboo that breaks down easily and can also be recycled.   “Being a pioneer of biological products 15 years ago and having ...

Barthel Group Chooses Martin Automatic for Non-stop Operation of Its Narrow Web Presses

(News | New Products)

March 13, 2023, ... say it has all bases covered!  Materials used are all in line with its mantra of sustainability, so include PCR substrates, detach adhesives, FSC certified materials or compostable solutions. What of ...

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

(Coating/Laminating)

March 12, 2023, ... a compostable package is ensuring that the inks, coatings and adhesives used do not interfere with the overall product compostability. To that end, Sun Chemical offers the most extensive portfolio of certified ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

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February 07, 2023, ... SunBar coatings provide cost-effective, durable and compostable films by creating a pinhole-free, and flexible gas barrier layer that can be easily overprinted with our compostable inks and laminated to ...

How a Full Lineup of Coatings Can Transform Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 07, 2023, ... now enable a mono-film or paper package to be compostable or recyclable, while maintaining properties that are similar to the conventional package. These functional coatings can provide gas and moisture ...

Recycled and Recyclable: The Woven Plastic Bag of the Future

(Bag Pouch)

February 05, 2023, ... packaging by 2021 and elimination of it by 2025; to make 100 percent of plastic packaging reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025; to undertake ambitious actions to effectively recycle or compost ...

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

(Bag Pouch)

January 15, 2023, ... in Paper and Bio-Based Packaging In recent years, compostable materials such as paper and bio-based resins have increased in popularity among extrusion coaters. However, many converters face the same ...

TekniPlex Consumer Products to Showcase Expanded “GeoPack” Sustainable Products Portfolio

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January 04, 2023, ... of materials science sustainability’s “4 Rs” – reduce, recycle, reuse and renew – including biodegradable or compostable materials, post-consumer recycled content, recyclability, renewable substrates, ...

The “5R” Framework

(Coating/Laminating)

December 11, 2022, ... integrity and performance of the package. These components can determine whether a package is recyclable, bio-renewable and/or compostable. In a 5R framework, reuse refers to products designed to contain ...

Toray Celebrates With The Hole in the Wall Gang Camp at 31st Annual Big Apple Bash

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December 06, 2022, ... value with innovative ideas, technologies, and products that help address global issues. R&D is focused on the development of materials that are fossil fuel-free, compostable, biodegradable, and/or recyclable. ...

Recycling is Broken

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November 25, 2022, How Compostable Packaging can Help Solve the Plastic Crisis How Compostable Packaging can Help Solve the Plastic Crisis By Daphna Nissenbaum, co-founder and CEO, TIPA Plastic waste is a growing ...

Toray Supports Amenity Aid and Helps Provide Hygiene Supplies to Rhode Islanders

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November 13, 2022, ... on the development of materials that are fossil fuel-free, compostable, biodegradable, and/or recyclable. The company’s sustainability initiative, launched in 2004, includes the operating of three solar ...

Keystone Folding Box Co. Completes Multi-Million-Dollar Production Equipment Installation

(Upcoming Conference News)

October 05, 2022, ... or drug information. Keystone also offers a comprehensive line of secondary blister packages made from recyclable and compostable paperboard. Its Ecoslide Series of blister packs features a safety feature ...

Sun Chemical to Highlight the “Power of Sustainable Packaging” at PACK EXPO International 2022

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 26, 2022, ... its inks, coatings, and adhesives to support a circular economy. Attendees who visit booth #10200 will learn about Sun Chemical’s approach to sustainable solutions, which include bio-renewable, compostable, and ...

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

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2022, ... to the overall design, functional integrity and performance of the package. These components can determine whether a package is recyclable, bio-renewable, and/or compostable. In a 5R framework, reuse ...

Sun Chemical Returns to Labelexpo Americas 2022

(Upcoming Conference News)

August 11, 2022, ... packaging that utilizes its inks, coatings and adhesives to support a circular economy. Visitors of booth #749 will learn about the many bio-renewable, compostable and recyclable products under Sun Chemical’s SunEco portfolio ...

Mark Turano Appointed Senior Director of Sales, Lumirror Division®, Toray Plastics (America), Inc.

(News | New Products)

July 26, 2022, ... issues. R&D is focused on the development of materials that are fossil fuel-free, compostable, biodegradable, and/or recyclable. The company’s sustainability initiative, launched in 2004, includes the ...

Sustainability Beyond Recyclability

(Flexpack)

July 04, 2022, ... does pursue a renewable resin alternative, a Life Cycle Assessment should be performed to quantify the carbon reduction. Compostable Materials Compostable materials are a well-known alternative to ...

Discovering Exciting New Uses for ‘Green’ Film Technology

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June 23, 2022, What if using a commercially compostable film could help you not only eliminate the use of potentially polluting plastic wrap, but also give you better results? What if using a commercially compostable ...