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State of the Industry Report

(Nonwovens)

March 01, 2020, ... is nearly 70 percent.  A box-maker’s product is the most recycled item on the planet.” According to the AICC, 80 percent of paper mills are utilizing recovered fibers to some degree.  Any virgin fibers ...

New Wash-Off Adhesive Optimises PET Recycling

(News | New Products)

December 29, 2019, ... by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (Ifeu) of Heidelberg, “PET is the only plastic which, even as a post-consumer material, can be converted by appropriate recycling methods into recovered ...

Qdos Pumps Facilitate Maintenance in Minutes

(Carton Box)

November 29, 2018, ... Group (WMFTG). Moritz J Weig is a respected supplier of folding boxboard and plasterboard made from recovered paper. At the company's head office in Mayen (Germany), about 600 employees work on two carton ...

Flexible Stand-up Bags for Cat Litter: Discovering the Sustainability Benefits

(Bag Pouch)

August 31, 2018, ...  While many multi-layer flexible materials are not yet recovered and recycled in any sizeable amount, they still significantly reduce the amount of material sent to landfill versus other package types. ...

Sticking With It | Going Green

(Label/Tape)

December 03, 2017, ... or otherwise recovered from the waste stream … for reuse or use in manufacturing or assembling another item.” BIODEGRADABLE is another frequently used term. According to the FTC definition: a product ...

Corrugated Report Shows Environmental Progress

(Carton Box)

July 02, 2017, ... fossil fuels. The recovery rate for OCC increased from 72% in 2006 to 89.5% in 2014. As more is recovered, less goes to landfill, thereby reducing methane emissions. Other notable improvements between ...

Corrugated Group Issues Recycling Report

(Carton Box)

August 15, 2016, ... US. In 2015, 93% of corrugated consumed in the US was recovered for recycling, meaning the recovery rate has skyrocketed from 54% in 1993, when statistics were first recorded. CPA says the industry’s ...

Kotkamills Board Is Recyclable and Repulpable

(Carton Box)

June 26, 2016, ... says. This means that a valuable, high quality fiber source can be recovered and re-used instead of being thrown away; unlike the more normally used plastic coated barrier cups and plates. The raw material ...

Sonoco Announces Price Increase

(Materials)

September 07, 2015, Due to increased in costs for recovered paper, the company recently raised the price for all graces of uncoated recycled paperboard HARTSVILLE, SC | Sonoco raised the price for all grades of uncoated ...

Corrugated Shipping Containers Are Clean, Study Shows

(Corrugated)

February 22, 2015, ... shipping containers produced in the US are recovered for recycling. The Corrugated Packaging Alliance is a corrugated industry initiative, jointly sponsored by the American Forest & Paper Assn., AICC–The ...

Barrier Resins | Properties, Processing & Handling of EVOH, Pt. 1

(Flexpack)

February 01, 2015, ... EVOH scrap can be recovered and reused. Post-consumer recycle of EVOH containing packages is also possible. Regrind containing up to 15% EVOH is commonly used as a discreet layer in multilayer sheet ...

Release Liner | Global Suppliers Must Meet Local Needs

(Label/Tape)

May 07, 2014, ... roll labeling is currently recovered. Reuse, for example as pelleted fuel, and recycling are both practical for release liner; and recycling PET film liner is, he said, a "no brainer." Paper liner recycling ...

Newark Group Sells Waste Recovery Operations

(Carton Box)

August 10, 2012, ... assets in order to invest in its core businesses. The Newark Group says the long-standing and excellent relationship between Newark and SAICA Natur will continue as the parties have agreed to recovered ...

Speaking Out Against Extended Producer Responsibility

(Carton Box News)

June 16, 2011, ... residents have access to curbside recycling. The study also found that last year, a record-high 63% of paper and paperboard was recovered for recycling in the U.S., an average of 334 pounds for each man, ...

Recycling Logo for Cartons Offered

(Carton Box)

April 30, 2011, ... Trade Commission has stated that marketers could advertise a product or package as “recyclable” when it could be “collected, separated, or otherwise recovered from the solid waste stream for reuse — or ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2011, ... analysis shows the Cumulative Energy Demand for production of 1 kg of PET chip from recovered spent liner is 92% less than for the production of 1 kg of virgin chip. Carbon footprint is also 74% less. ...

AIMCAL Awards: Canisters Blow Away Competition

(Coating/Laminating)

March 17, 2011, ... overseas for low-end applications. A third-party evaluation in a cradle-to-gate analysis shows the Cumulative Energy Demand for production of 1 kg of PET chip from recovered spent liner is 92% less than ...

Market Update: Coating & Laminating Special Report: Still Growing

(Flexpack)

January 31, 2011, ... and high yields of recovered base materials. Economic Recovery The year 2010 opened optimistically for the world vacuum coating and metallizing markets. After the debacle of the global economic crisis, ...

Optimism Returns

(Trends/Management)

December 31, 2010, ... as the manufacturing sector recovered from its earlier deep recession. While an inventory correction may dampen some growth early next year, US market conditions for the full year should provide the potential ...

Deinking Study Is Shared

(Digital)

July 31, 2010, ... inksets for the study and tested under conditions designed to be representative of current deinking technology for processing mixed grades of recovered paper. In the study, nearly all colorants were ...