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Elevate Packaging Announces the First BPI Certified Compostable Adhesive Label

(News | New Products)

April 06, 2021, ... milestone which supports our mission to offer brands with world-class sustainable packaging solutions.” Compostable stickers and labels aid in the diversion of food waste away from landfills. BPI Guidelines ...

Meeting the Demand for Sustainable Packaging through Sustainable Printing

(Adhesives)

March 21, 2021, ... can also do so by reducing landfill waste from their production processes. In our CPG decision-maker survey, more than four out of five said innovative solutions that can help packaging printers reduce ...

Roundtable Q&A: ROLL CLEANING & MAINTENANCE

(Web Handling)

February 28, 2021, ... that recycle water as part of their use whilst leaving the ink waste itself as a solid mass that be disposed safely to landfill. What are some unique challenges your customers faced in 2020 and how did ...

Martin Automatic – bringing production efficiency to web fed applications

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

January 17, 2021, ... sent to landfill. Martin’s technology allows converters to incorporate partially used rolls for make ready or even into production runs, utilizing material that would otherwise negatively impact the bottom ...

Sustainability and the eCommerce Explosion

(Adhesives)

November 13, 2020, ... demand for clean, fully recyclable packaging and labeling. The boom in eCommerce dovetails with a dramatic reduction in landfill space. New efforts to stem the tide are underway at the regulatory level. ...

Avery Dennison Launches Matrix Recycling Program With Roadrunner Recycling

(News | New Products)

September 23, 2020, Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials announced it has launched a scalable matrix recycling program with RoadRunner Recycling to help label converters achieve their zero waste-to-landfill goals. ...

Glenroy Inc. Formally Announces Company Sustainability Initiative

(News | New Products)

July 16, 2020, ... 30 percent, and kept more than 3 million pounds of material out of landfills annually. “The team at Glenroy is committed to developing products that are better for the environment and producing them ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2020, ... packaging is in fact the lightest form of packaging, accounting for just a small percentage of landfill waste. Despite these and many other benefits that food packaging provides, consumer perception of ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... is in fact the lightest form of packaging, accounting for just a small percentage of landfill waste. Despite these and many other benefits that food packaging provides, consumer perception of plastics, ...

PFFC’s Companies to Watch

(Flexpack)

April 09, 2020, ... much packaging as needed is produced, less is thrown away only to end up in a landfill. “Additionally, we offer recyclable and PCR based films and are engaged in R&D around compostable films as well. ...

Diamond Packaging Wins Three Awards in 76th Annual Paperboard Packaging Competition

(Print)

November 24, 2019, ... entries were designed utilizing recyclable paperboards and manufactured using 100 percent clean, renewable wind energy, in a Zero Waste to Landfill (ZWL) facility. Diamond won an Excellence Award in ...

Driving Flexible Packaging

(Flexpack)

November 07, 2019, ... and homes annually.  This can be harmful for the environment being that food makes up to 20 percent of landfill weight, it is the single largest municipal waste source, and the methane released by food ...

Sustainable Winding: Reduce, Reuse, Rewind

(Web Handling)

July 21, 2019, ... COO at Norkol, Inc. Reducing waste is a common goal of paper converters. The less damaged paper manufacturers send to a landfill, the more product is shipped off to customers instead by utilizing ...

Suck it up Paper

(News | New Products)

July 07, 2019, ... a day from landfills and waterways—that's 100 million straws each year.  Starbucks was another who professed it would ban disposable plastic straws at all its stores by 2020 last July. And following its ...

Colbert Packaging Celebrates 60th Anniversary Milestone

(News | New Products)

June 10, 2019, ... Colbert has invested in renewable energy credits in the form of wind energy and has initiated a zero manufacturing waste to landfill program. With extensive R&D capabilities and a solid reputation for ...

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

(Case Studies)

May 01, 2019, ... as the amount of packaging material going to the landfill when compared to other packaging formats for the same products. The use of single-dose pods has become a popular method for packaging laundry ...

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

(Case Studies)

May 01, 2019, ... as the amount of packaging material going to the landfill when compared to other packaging formats for the same products. Beverages are sold in a wide variety of packaging formats based on their volume, ...

Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry

(Label/Tape)

April 21, 2019, ... will require 20 percent of petroleum production within the next 35 years -- up from 6 percent in 2014. More than 80 percent of that plastic ends up in landfills, incinerators or sensitive environments. ...

Assessing the Sustainability Benefits: Flexible Stand-Up Pouches for Motor Oil — A LCA Case Study

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2019, ... usage, water usage, product-to-package ratio, as well as the amount of packaging material going to the landfill when compared to other packaging formats for the same products. Motor oil has traditionally ...

FPA Launches New Consumer Website

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... landfills. In the U.S., approximately 50% of flexible packaging can easily be recycled through in-store drop-off programs. Single layer polyethylene (PE) films can be recycled, but often must be dropped ...