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Plastics, Packaging and the Environment

(Flexography)

April 22, 2020, ... Plastics Industry (SPI), and today as the PIA (Plastics Industry Association).  One task of this group was to educate the public about plastic packaging and its capabilities for recycling and reuse.  To ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

December 01, 2019, ... and allows for high-level visual promotion. Being “green” and allowing for recycling, re-use and other features are under constant development. The multi-wall nature of many of these packages makes recycling ...

Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo

(Converting Perspectives)

May 23, 2019, ... Recycling multi-layered flexible packages has been a problematic issue looking for solutions. Among the details of these breakthroughs, however, is the need to return the packages to the retailers who ...

Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry

(Label/Tape)

April 21, 2019, ... nearly 40 percent of all plastic manufactured with a life cycle of less than six months. Recycling is an obvious answer, but even that has slowed. Meanwhile, one of the world’s most reliable sources ...

Diversified Plastics Inc. Adds Rotational Molding Oven

(News | New Products)

April 16, 2019, ... as material handling carts and recycling containers. The implementation of a new rotational molding oven is expected to increase productivity and allow DPI to produce larger sized products for a variety ...

Diversified Plastics Inc. Introduces New Equipment and Facility Addition

(News | New Products)

December 19, 2018, ... for the industrial, textile, hospitality, laundry, agricultural and marine industries, plus waste and recycling plastic containers for restaurants, sports venues and stadiums, apartment and condominium ...

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

(Inks/Coatings/Primers)

May 14, 2018, ... outlined by the APR. By changing from a traditional solvent to SunLam de- seaming adhesive, shrink labels de-seam and release during the whole bottle wash step of the wet recycling process, without sacrifice ...

Sleeve Label Awards | AWA Confers 4 with Top Honors

(Label/Tape)

April 19, 2018, ...  STEP FORWARD FOR RECYCLING Earning recognition for making an environmental contribution went to Safety Seal Plastics once again for another beer can sleeve label, this time for "Big Spruce Tag! You’re ...

Pyrowave Receives Grant to Process Recycled PS

(News | New Products)

January 09, 2018, A grant from the Foam Recycling Coalition is allowing the company to purchase equipment for in-house processing of recycled polystyrene FALLS CHURCH, VA | Pyrowave, a pioneer in catalytic microwave ...

Sticking With It | Going Green

(Label/Tape)

December 03, 2017, Industry expert Ingrid Brase reports on the state of recycling as it pertains to tape and label adhesives. Industry expert Ingrid Brase reports on the state of recycling as it pertains to tape and ...

Movie Popcorn Bucket Gets Peelable IML Coupons

(Carton Box)

November 08, 2017, ... it complies with legislation that promotes recycling and extended producer responsibility, and it’s a so-called ‘3R’ product: 100% reducible, reusable, and recyclable. Consumers are better informed than ...

FTA Awards | 6 Best of Show Winners Take Top Honors

(Print)

May 01, 2017, ... of creating eco-friendly, “cost neutral” labels. ProPETE enabled the recycling of PET containers–a common resin used in produce, bakery, and nut product packaging in grocery retail. In 2015, the Association ...

Dos Pinos Uses Tetra Brik® Aseptic Slim Leaf

(First Glance)

October 13, 2016, Dos Pinos is first in the Americas to use Tetra Brik® Aseptic Slim Leaf LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND | Tetra Pak is helping customers across all markets upgrade their lines. Dos Pinos, a leading Costa Rican ...

UPM Raflatac to Feature Wide-Ranging Display at Labelexpo Americas

(Label/Tape)

August 27, 2016, ... can undergo common PET recycling processes without contaminating any of the PET flake by-products. UPM Raflatac is partnering with Labelexpo Americas to provide a solution for exhibiting label converters ...

Clear Lam Launches Lightweight Packaging Materials

(Bag Pouch)

July 05, 2016, ... APET and rPET Rollstock: Clear Lam introduces new foamed APET and rPET rigid rollstock. The foamed materials are designed to reduce weight, add durable vertical strength and work with existing recycling ...

FPI Announces Foodservice Recovery Toolkit

(News | New Products)

April 02, 2016, ... boxes, bags, and other foodservice packaging is a topic of intense interest not only for consumers but also for the foodservice packaging supply chain and those in the recycling and composting industries," ...

ULS Report Issues Study on Packaging Efficiency

(News | New Products)

January 23, 2016, ... for recycling plays an increasingly important role in the effort to reduce packaging discards and overall solid waste levels. This is especially true for steel and aluminum cans, beverage bottles made ...

MAXStick Products Receive Second Patent

(Label/Tape)

December 15, 2015, Patented liner-free labels are said to be environmentally friendly and are offered in many varieties LANCASTER, PA | MAXStick Products, a global supplier of direct thermal, liner-free removable adhesive ...

Sleeve Labels | Technology Developments Drive Innovation and Sustainability

(Label/Tape)

November 17, 2015, ... in this aspect of the label market as elsewhere. Recoup CEO Stuart Foster, a director of EPRO (the European Assn. of Plastic Recycling and Recovery Organisations) updated delegates on current thinking. ...

Dow Is Honored for Sustainability

(News | New Products)

September 26, 2015, ... value chain involved in packaging lifecycles, from polymer production to package manufacturing to waste management as well as recycling companies and organizations. Dow is one of the participating partners ...