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Ice Cream Tub Features Orange Peel IML

(Label/Tape)

May 23, 2018, ... is incredibly important. After all, in in mold labeling, the packaging and label is made of the same material, which creates a homogenous result that can be fully recycled and we can give the raw materials ...

Monadnock Offers Guide to Environmental Options

(Flexpack)

May 15, 2018, ... are quantifiable: increased use of renewable electricity; CO2 equivalent emission reductions; replacing plastics with renewable, recycled and/or recyclable materials in the supply chain. Company says ...

Inks and Coatings | Catching Up With Sun Chemical’s Felipe Mellado

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

May 14, 2018, ... containers. This new de-seamable adhesive helps recyclers improve recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) yield without process changes. Developed in partnership, Sun Chemical and Eastman extensively ...

Constantia Flexibles Acquires Creative Polypack

(Flexpack)

May 01, 2018, ... home to a polyethylene blown film extruder, high-definition flexo printing press, and laminators that will produce high-barrier laminates that can be fully recycled. The extra capacity will come onstream ...

Nestlé Announces Environmental Goal

(News | New Products)

April 24, 2018, ...  Promoting a market for recycled plastics by continuing to increase the proportion of recycled plastics in its packaging. Company says preventing packaging material ending up as waste, including in ...

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, ...

AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2018, ... panels or bubble wrap, the honeycomb paperboard and corrugated box contains 100% recycled fiber content and may be recycled curbside because the metallized film easily separates from the honeycomb paperboard ...

European Bioplastics Talks About EU Legislation

(News | New Products)

March 21, 2018, ... that is supported by this new legislation.” The revised Waste Framework Directive allows biodegradable and compostable packaging to be collected together with the bio-waste and recycled in industrial ...

Alpesa Pallets Offer Environmental Benefits

(Web Handling)

March 05, 2018, Úpalet pallets are both recyclable and made from recycled cardboard, bringing a number of sustainability benefits VALENCIA, SPAIN | Alpesa, manufacturer of cardboard cores and tubes, introduces Úpalet to ...

MacDermid Announces Launch of Resins

(News | New Products)

January 31, 2018, ... to address the challenges of printing on recycled boards and boards with thinner liners. It is commercially available in 5-gal plastic containers and 2,000-lb totes. M Cap 45 is a 45 durometer (Shore ...

As You Sow Praises McDonald’s Green Policy

(Flexpack)

January 23, 2018, ... Corp. This action follows several years of dialogue by As You Sow with McDonald’s as well as quick-service peers like YUM Brands, Dunkin’ Brands, and Chipotle asking for in-store packaging to be recycled ...

PaperWorks Invests in Warehouse

(News | New Products)

January 09, 2018, The new warehouse will hold large amounts of company’s MasterWorks Ultra 100 coated recycled board BALA CYNWYD, PA | PaperWorks Industries has invested $3 million in a new warehouse for its Wabash, ...

UPM Raflatac Recycling Solution Goes to China

(News | New Products)

December 17, 2017, ... has grown increasingly over the years as sustainability has become one of the key drivers in the labeling industry. Today more than 10,000 tons of label liner waste is being recycled in Europe through ...

Green Bay Packaging Adds Containerboard Machine

(Carton Box)

December 11, 2017, The machine is expected to be operational in 2020 and to increase recycled containerboard capacity by more than 70% GREEN BAY, WI | Green Bay Packaging (GBP) has announced that it is in the first phase ...

Sticking With It | Going Green

(Label/Tape)

December 03, 2017, ... in paper recycling, in 1995 the U.S Postal Service began a program to develop environmentally benign adhesives. The objective was to develop products that would allow paper fiber to be recycled. Thirteen ...

AWA Reviews Sessions on Release Liners

(Label/Tape)

November 25, 2017, ... alternatives; and adding value through ‘smart’ solutions. This agenda favors papers, Rissanen said, and he cited UPM’s recycled glassine release liner base as an example of environmental responsibility ...

Henkel Expands Adhesive Recycling Program

(Coating/Laminating)

November 25, 2017, ... as it was the first time we recycled this category,” says TerraCycle CEO Tom Szaky. “With the continued development of this successful program, we hope it will be an ongoing eye opener to an industry that ...

Avery Dennison Shows Sustainable Solutions

(Label/Tape)

October 16, 2017, ... and converters an increasingly wide choice of sustainable options, from new recycled paper facestock to marble-based “paper” and compostable adhesive. “Avery Dennison is making excellent progress toward ...

FPI Grant Aids Foam Recycling

(Flexpack)

October 15, 2017, ... to expand on the program’s success. The densifier compacted the collected materials into condensed polystyrene bricks, which were then shipped to end markets and recycled into new products. The new grant ...

Protective Packaging | Add Value with Vapor Corrosion Inhibitors

(Flexpack)

September 26, 2017, ... of VCI paper or film and be ready for use directly after unpacking without extra degreasing. The used film or paper can typically be recycled. VCI Conversion Options Paper, linerboard, or film treated ...