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PSSMA Video Demonstrates Paper Sack Recycling

(Bag Pouch)

March 29, 2017, ... costs, divert waste from landfills, and promote their own environmental sustainability. “We’ve been committed to sustainability for many years,” says Bob Ogan, president and CEO of Bake’n Joy. “Recycling ...

Kodak Honors Companies for Green Practices

(News | New Products)

February 12, 2017, ... 5,700 cubic yards of landfill space in an average year. Royalpack (Poland): Founded in 2009, Royalpack is now one of the leading printers in Poland for corrugated cardboard packaging. In addition to ...

TLMI Looks to the Future

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September 27, 2016, ... expected to play a key role in meeting TLMI’s goals for the next 3–5 years of reducing matrix waste in landfills by 30% and increasing liner recycling by 30%. In order to quantify improvements there ...

UPM Raflatac & Baumgarten Collaborate on LCA

(Label/Tape)

September 07, 2016, ... will be publicly available at Labelexpo Americas 2016, September 13–15. Baumgarten began its LCA efforts with a foundational study comparing glassine (landfilled) and PET (recycled) release liners for ...

UPM Raflatac to Feature Wide-Ranging Display at Labelexpo Americas

(Label/Tape)

August 27, 2016, ... Sustainability Specialist, UPM Raflatac, “and we look forward to partnering with our customers and their end-users on our road towards 'zero waste to landfill' and promoting recycling. We will collect their ...

FINAT Announces Recycling Awards

(Label/Tape)

July 10, 2016, ... for its commitment to recycling, and the fact that release liner, matrix waste, and other related secondary materials—paper and film—are all recycled by the company, eliminating landfill. Hagmaier is also, ...

Flexo Printing | Evolution of the Chambered Doctor Blade System

(Print)

February 25, 2016, ... annually depending on the total print volume. The costs for the chemicals to clean the ink are also expensive. Then you have the residual waste, which goes to landfill. It is clear that these additional ...

TLMI Honors Companies for Green Leadership

(Label/Tape)

November 14, 2015, ... and has developed an energy application as an alternative to landfilling. Since the inception of their program, the company has diverted more than 2,000 tons from landfills. Says Frost, “Some years our ...

Avery Dennison Launches Glass Labeling Technology

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2015, ... tonne of glass fragments, up to 40kg can end up in landfill if not cleanly separated from the label material. Glass Recycling is said to enable the reduction of glass going to landfill to 1.5kg per tonne ...

Mark Andy Works to Reduce Carbon Footprint

(News | New Products)

September 09, 2015, ... that are being landfilled or incinerated annually in the US. MLMC has developed a manufacturing process that converts SRM into alternative ENVIRO-Fuelcubes, which are used by energy-consuming manufacturers ...

Domtar Releases 2015 Sustainability Report

(News | New Products)

August 19, 2015, ... outpacing the U.S. Pulp and Paper Industry average of 59%. 52% reduction in the recordable safety incident rate since 2008. 23% reduction in waste sent to landfills from Domtar’s pulp and paper mills, ...

FINAT Announces Recycling Awards Winners

(Label/Tape)

July 25, 2015, ... of used release liners, allowing them to reduce both their carbon footprint and landfilling costs, FINAT says. "The second edition of our recycling awards saw another strong field of contestants, with ...

Toray Plastics (America) Celebrates 30 Years

(Materials)

July 20, 2015, ... reports the implementation of a leading-edge environmental program, which includes what is said to be Rhode Island's largest solar farm, two cogeneration plants, zero landfill, water conservation, extensive ...

AirTrim Unit Chops and Collects Trim

(News | New Products)

May 31, 2015, The AirTrim MITS-AIO-PF portable trim collection unit is said to cut trim Waste volume and resultant landfill trips SPRINGFIELD, OH | AirTrim introduces the MITS-AIO-PF portable trim collection unit ...

Paper Cup Is Engineered for Recyclability

(Flexpack)

May 19, 2015, ... cups worth of valuable paperboard to US landfills each year. This alone can potentially solve two-thirds of the one-million ton fiber shortfall projected by the recycled paper industry for the year 2020, ...

Wax Coatings on Corrugated Are Declining

(Corrugated)

November 22, 2014, ... old corrugated containers (OCC), today there’s very little corrugated packaging going to landfills, says the study. Other facts from the study: • In 2013, the corrugated industry shipped 9.9 billion ...

Release Liner | Annual AWA Seminar Paints Picture of Today’s Market

(Label/Tape)

November 16, 2014, ... on available recycling programs as practical alternatives to landfill, and to support that with down-to-earth, helpful educational material. Much activity in this arena is already visible—including a straightforward, ...

Green Bay Packaging Named Environmental Leader

(News | New Products)

November 08, 2014, ... of Sustainability Improvement.’” Discarded material going to the landfill was reduced by 99%, with the Green Team coordinating the effort to define waste streams that could be recycled, either traditionally ...

TLMI Honors Two at Annual Meeting

(Label/Tape)

October 31, 2014, ... been a pioneer in the adoption of best sustainability practices and the company is currently one of the few 100% landfill-free operations in the North American marketplace. Art has served on the TLMI ...

Toray Launches Second Cogeneration Power Facility

(News | New Products)

October 19, 2014, ... distributed to Toray beyond Toray's own cogenerated electricity. Toray's sustainability initiative, begun in 2004, includes the use of solar power, zero landfill, and extensive recycling, among other features. ...