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Learning Center: Sustainable Wipes Packaging 101

(News | New Products)

August 02, 2023, ... aware that most plastic packaging eventually ends up in a landfill, and recent data shows that consumers prefer sustainable packaging even if it comes at a higher price: An Ipsos survey noted that ...

Sustainable Liquids Packaging Done Right

(Flexpack)

June 28, 2023, ... natural resources; Conserving energy; Reducing greenhouse emissions; Reducing pollution; and Reducing the flow of waste to landfills. One key benefit of source reduction is that it boosts the ...

A Collaborative PFFC Q&A: The Evolution of Static Control Technologies

(Surface Prep)

June 25, 2023, ... static devices to increase, and demand for passive eliminators, which are usually destined for the landfill after a few months service, to decline. Additionally, to deal with the production challenges ...

Pregis Sets New Standard for Sustainable Packaging with AirSpeed® HC Renew Post-Consumer Recycled (PCR)

(News | New Products)

June 14, 2023, ... in the HC Renew PCR film keeps materials in use that would have otherwise been discarded, closing the recyclability loop while reducing landfill waste, conserving energy, and decreasing greenhouse gas ...

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation Invests $10 Million in Closed Loop Partners’ Circular Plastics Fund, Accelerating More Capital Toward Innovation and Infrastructure for Plastics Recovery and Recycl

(News | New Products)

May 30, 2023, ... tons of plastic waste annually at full capacity, diverting these valuable materials from landfill; Equity investment in Circular Services,the largest privately held recycling and reuse company in North ...

‘Sustainability in Action’ announcement at LiftEx Regional in Sydney

(News | New Products)

May 10, 2023, ... investment and policy decisions. In New Zealand, construction and demolition waste makes up 40–50 percent of the country’s total waste going to landfill, according to government and council documents. ...

Sun Chemical Issues Latest Sustainability Report

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2023, ... landfill waste continued to decrease since the last report. “Sun Chemical’s ongoing efforts to strive for continuously improving results in waste, water, and energy reduction drive decisions and actions ...

Brett Martin Announces Partnership with Keencut

(News | New Products)

March 16, 2023, ... Eco has up to 80 percent reclaimed post-production waste content, reducing landfill and making it a greener choice of foam PVC – while still possessing all the printability benefits of the Foamalux range. ...

Sustainability and Productivity – a Must for Today’s Labels

(Flexpack)

February 19, 2023, ... Label and Packaging Materials Sustainability has evolved from being a trend to how companies run their business in the label and packaging industry over the last few years. In addition to landfills beginning ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... at each step of the workflow. Therefore, contributing to a reduction in packaging, by consciously choosing a supplier that contributes to waste reduction and landfill diversion, is essential for converters ...

Recycled and Recyclable: The Woven Plastic Bag of the Future

(Bag Pouch)

February 05, 2023, ... landfill or incineration. EU Plastics Strategy The EU plastics strategy was launched in 2018 and defines, among others, the following goals: Currently, 25 percent of all plastic waste must be recycled; ...

The “5R” Framework

(Coating/Laminating)

December 11, 2022, ... 2018 with 30.4 million tons of that going to landfills. Of special concern is plastic waste which only has recycling rates in 2021 of 5 to 6 percent — or about 2 million tons, according to the World Economic ...

For Composite Packaging Recycling, the Future is Now

(Flexpack)

December 04, 2022, ... currently the vast majority of multi-material composite packaging materials end up in landfills or incineration centers. Encouragingly, though, novel recycling methods such as delamination recycling ...

Recycling is Broken

(News | New Products)

November 25, 2022, ... produced globally is actually recycled, with about 50 percent going to landfills; 19 percent incinerated, which produces toxic chemicals damaging to human health; and 22 percent ending up in the water ...

Saperatec to Showcase Breakthrough Delamination Approach to Composite Packaging Recycling At K Fair in Düsseldorf

(Upcoming Conference News)

August 14, 2022, ... strives to find solutions to a mounting problem: of the more than 140 million tons of plastics packaging waste incinerated, landfilled or even leaking into our environment each year globally, a significant ...

The Importance of Monomaterial Polypropylene Laminates in Flexible Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

June 26, 2022, ... the infrastructure to recycle is restricted. This can result in non-optimal end of life such as landfill, incineration or waste to energy. The misconception that flexible packaging cannot be recycled ...

Tesa Introduces Innovative Adhesive Solution for Packaging Printers

(News | New Products)

November 30, 2021, tesa® Twinlock saves packaging printers time and money – while dramatically reducing landfill waste The traditional approach to printing flexible packaging – employing single-use tape – can be time-consuming ...

MAX International Converters, Inc. introduces MAXDLF

(News | New Products)

November 17, 2021, ... 2025 initiative, MAX International is very excited about MAXDLF. MAXDLF transcends current labeling options: with MAXStick® we eliminated the liner from landfills, now with MAXDLF we eliminate the label ...

TIPA Continues World-Leading R&D with Launch of New HOME Compostable Transparent Laminate

(News | New Products)

November 11, 2021, ... also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions resulting from food waste being sent to landfill by offering consumers the convenience of disposing of their food in their home composting bins whilst still in ...

Mid America Joins CELAB Initiative to Increase Release Liner Recycling and Advance the Circular Economy

(News | New Products)

October 11, 2021, ... monthly waste-hauling costs while helping to divert material from landfills. CELAB’s two-year-old consortium represents global and regional companies throughout the self-adhesive label supply chain. ...