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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 ...

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 ...

3 Pandemic-Driven Trends That Are Changing the Packaging Industry

(News | New Products)

December 06, 2021, ... awareness and a push for post-consumer recyclable and compostable products, companies are also exploring ways to improve flexible packaging recyclability. One of these ways is by incorporating recyclable, ...

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 ...

ExxonMobil Introduces New PaxonTM SP5504 HDPE, a Step-Change in Performance for Blow Molded Bottles and Containers

(News | New Products)

February 10, 2021, ... packaging designs, while converters could reduce polymer inventories.  With the industry driving towards increased recycling of post-consumer plastic waste (PCR), ExxonMobil has demonstrated value-in-use ...

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 ...

Monadnock Announces the New Face of Premium Packaging

(News | New Products)

August 23, 2020, ... Performance Board is crafted in the U.S. and is FSC Certified, with 100 percent post-consumer waste recycled fiber. Ideal end-use packaging applications include cosmetics, fragrances, nutraceuticals/CBD, ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2020, ... in large part to food safety concerns.  However, there have been many developments in this area: by undergoing a proprietary process, some forms of post-consumer packaging can be recycled and a portion ...

Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... in large part to food safety concerns.  However, there have been many developments in this area: by undergoing a proprietary process, some forms of post-consumer packaging can be recycled and a portion ...

AIMCAL Announces Winners During Virtual Award Ceremony

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2020, ... CT)/Plastic Suppliers Inc. (Columbus, OH). ProAmpac has developed a high-barrier pouch with 25% post-consumer-recycled (PCR) content. It’s used for Justin’s nut butter covered nuts. A zipper provides ...

European Recycling Markets Reel From Coronavirus

(News | New Products)

March 22, 2020, ... and self-isolation on the recycling market. Many will be looking at how used PET bottles are returned to the recycling stream during the outbreak as it comes at a time when post-consumer bottle availability ...

NOW Plastics Packaging Solutions Put Environmental Protection First

(Flexpack)

February 04, 2020, ... in the following categories: Post-Consumer Recycled content (PCR) films (PET, BOPA, PE, etc.); Film structures for making packaging recyclable; Bio-based/sustainable sources for raw materials/resins; ...

AIMCAL Awards

(News | New Products)

March 10, 2019, ... Award The winner was a 90 percent post-consumer-recycled (PCR) content biaxially oriented polyester (BOPET) barrier film from Flex Films (USA) Inc. (Elizabethtown, KY), a subsidiary of Uflex Limited’s ...

Avery Dennison Launches Three Collections and Five New Facestocks at the 2019 Unified Wine & Grape Symposium

(New Products)

January 21, 2019, ... goes beyond production. Avery Dennison facestocks Grape Touch™ – made of 15 percent grape waste sourced from wine production – and Estate Label® No. 14, a 100 percent post-consumer waste (PCW) paper material ...

Now Plastics Introduces 60 to 90 Percent PCR PET Films

(New Products)

November 07, 2018, New post-consumer recycled PET film offers reduced environmental impact and lower costs. EAST LONGMEADOW, MA | Now Plastics, one of the largest suppliers of films and aluminum foil, is now offering ...

Smart Planet Technologies Starts Paper Cup Recycling Program

(Trends/Management)

April 18, 2018, ... and processed into recycled paper. Replenysh owner Mark Armen says, “Since post-industrial and post-consumer reCUP materials are easy for paper recyclers to process, and therefore valuable to collect, ...

Icma Packaging Solutions Are Customized

(Flexpack)

March 05, 2018, ... depth, perfumed, and more) and with a Pantone color of choice. The option also includes papers derived from post-consumer waste. This combination reportedly generates a unique and distinctive product, ...

As You Sow Praises McDonald’s Green Policy

(Flexpack)

January 23, 2018, The environmental advocacy group issues a statement congratulating the fast food giant for its plan to recycle all post-consumer packaging by 2025 OAKLAND, CA | As You Sow, a nonprofit organization ...