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Sustainability and Productivity – a Must for Today’s Labels

(Flexpack)

February 19, 2023, ... with labels using post-consumer waste material face stocks without taking away from the performance or the shelf appeal brands require. In addition, labels created using hemp fiber, stone, cotton or organic ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... recycle-friendly washable ink technology can be removed without staining the flake or wash water from post-consumer printed PET packaging during the hot caustic wash step of the recycling process. Designed ...

NexKemia Acquires Assets of Eco-Captation, a Prominent Polystyrene Waste Recycler

(News | New Products)

January 29, 2023, ... post-consumer recycled materials. The company combines artificial intelligence-enhanced optical sorting technology with a seamless mechanical recycling process to convert plastic waste into high quality ...

Monadnock Paper Mills Announces Addition of Ultrahide PC 100 Blockout Poster to the Enviroportfolio Line of Poster Substrates

(News | New Products)

January 25, 2023, ... hospitality and event signage. In answer to the call for more sustainable materials to replace PVC, styrene and vinyl, Ultrahide is now made with 100 percent post-consumer waste (PCW) recycled fiber and ...

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

(News | New Products)

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, ... post-consumer recycled materials, or with protective coatings and resistant inks that offer the durability needed for reusable articles or packaging. Reduce is about enabling overall packaging lightweighting, ...

For Composite Packaging Recycling, the Future is Now

(Flexpack)

December 04, 2022, ... applications, will create avenues for recycling that did not previously exist. For example, a current project is repurposing post-consumer LDPE from beverage cartons for utilization in non-food consumer ...

Cromex Presents New Act Green® Masterbatches Range with Sustainable Solutions for Plastics at K 2022

(Upcoming Conference News)

September 23, 2022, ... 19-26, 2022, will be able to discover its new line, which brings a complete package of solutions for improving the performance of the process and the quality of post-consumer resins, making recycling viable ...

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

(News | New Products)

September 20, 2022, ... refers to products designed to contain post-consumer recycled materials, or with protective coatings and resistant inks that offer the durability needed for reusable articles or packaging. Reduce is about ...

Pharmaceutical Industry Increases Automation, Digitization

(Upcoming Conference News)

August 23, 2022, ... practices. To meet sustainability objectives, 67 percent of pharmaceutical manufacturers are lightweighting packaging, 53 percent are increasing post-consumer recycled content, 47 percent are seeking more ...

Sustainability Beyond Recyclability

(Flexpack)

July 04, 2022, ... sustainability goals. Post-Consumer Recycled Content One of the simplest ways to increase sustainability of a package is by including post-consumer recycled content (PCR). There are two primary types ...

The Importance of Monomaterial Polypropylene Laminates in Flexible Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

June 26, 2022, ... to mandate curbside collections of flexible packaging this will accelerate the industry further. Examination of the front-of-store collection of post-consumer flexible packaging in the UK, shows that ...

AIMCAL presents 2022 Product of the Year, Technology of the Year and Sustainability Awards

(News | New Products)

May 05, 2022, ... for a 100% post-consumer-recycled (PCR) fiber stock for gift/loyalty cards. The 28-point Monadnock Envi PC 100 Card material is a coated/laminated structure engineered for dimensional stability, durability, ...

3D Neopac Announces Technology Investments in EcoDesign Tubes, Decoration and Capacity Extension

(News | New Products)

April 07, 2022, ... adaptions of its tube portfolio. Examples include mono-material PE tubes and tubes with locally sourced post-consumer recycled (PCR) content. In fact, 3D Neopac’s laminating machine is capable of processing ...

Starlinger Viscotec: Heat Resistant and Fully Recyclable Rpet100 Material Wins Re|focus Sustainable Innovation in Material Award 2022

(News | New Products)

April 04, 2022, ... a solid state polycondensation unit, post-consumer PET flakes are decontaminated to produce food grade PET flakes. The material is fit for direct food contact after this super-cleaning process. Plus, the ...

Innovation in Sustainability - Sun Chemical Q&A

(Sustainability)

February 24, 2022, ... GR product lines can increase the recyclability of PET bottles through washable flexo and gravure ink technology. These inks can be removed in a controlled way from post-consumer printed packaging, improving ...

Sappi Rockwell Solutions Launches a Sustainable Lidding Film for the Soft Fruit Industry

(Flexpack)

November 10, 2021, ... a strong, peelable seal onto a wide variety of substrates including rPET, aPET, PVC and aPET lined paperboard. The film can be produced with 30 percent and 60 percent post-consumer recycled content variants ...

Solvay Announces Groundbreaking Solution for Recycling PVDC

(News | New Products)

September 28, 2021, ... other initiatives like recycling post-consumer packaging containing PVDC. “The proof of concept developed by our research team is a solution for PVDC packaging circularity. It shows there is a possibility ...

Sappi Rockwell Solutions Launches a Sustainable, Coated Lidding Film Ahead of the Proposed UK Plastic Packaging Tax

(News | New Products)

June 06, 2021, ... Rockwell’s solvent-free coating line. The Starlid GPE-CL coating can be applied onto any film, including those with post-consumer recycled (PCR) content. The company currently coats up to 60 percent ...

TOPAS Advanced Polymers’ Cyclic Olefin Copolymer (COC) Earns Certification as Recyclable Material in Europe

(News | New Products)

November 01, 2020, ... valuable material in post-consumer LDPE, mixed polyolefin, and polypropylene recycling streams. Consequently, PE and PP formulations modified with COC can be considered fully recyclable in their respective ...