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- Recycling is Broken
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- November 25, 2022, ... produced globally is actually recycled, with about 50 percent going to landfills; 19 percent incinerated, which produces toxic chemicals damaging to human health; and 22 percent ending up in the water ...
- Thinking Inside and Outside the Coating Box
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- October 02, 2022, ... care for the environment, less reliance on conventional plastics and a move over to materials that can be recycled or in some way be dealt with in an environmentally responsible way are viewpoints so widely ...
- The “5R” Framework: An Approach Designed to Reduce Packaging Waste
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- September 20, 2022, ... public commitments to, among other things, increase the rate of recycling and recycled material use in their packaging by 2025. Achieving these packaging sustainability goals occurs when organizations ...
- Plastics and packaging – understanding test and inspection solutions
- (Flexpack)
- September 11, 2022, ... But the performance of plastic materials can lead to environmental benefits that we don’t want to lose by completely rejecting plastics. Because of their ability to be recycled effectively, plastics ...
- Pharmaceutical Industry Increases Automation, Digitization
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- 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 ...
- Atlapac and TIPA Partner to Produce Fully Compostable Packaging for Retail
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- August 08, 2022, ... and retail customers. While brands shifting to recycled and recyclable plastic packaging is a step in the right direction to becoming more eco-friendly, these materials do not live up to expectations ...
- Third-Party Certifications Can Validate Sustainability Claims
- (Bag Pouch)
- July 10, 2022, ... issue. In 2020, Nestle invested3 $30 million in Closed Loop Partners’ private equity funds to help upgrade U.S. recycling infrastructure and give the company better access to food-grade recycled plastics. ...
- 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, ... the infrastructure to recycle is restricted. This can result in non-optimal end of life such as landfill, incineration or waste to energy. The misconception that flexible packaging cannot be recycled ...
- Orion Announces Ambition to Achieve Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
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- April 26, 2022, ... To make its net-zero aspirations realistic, Orion developed a roadmap with near- and long-term targets. The company aspires to: Launch a broad range of products using recycled materials by 2025, ...
- Innovation in Sustainability - Sun Chemical Q&A
- (Sustainability)
- February 24, 2022, ... the recyclability and recycled quality of the end product. In addition, a large range of compostable-friendly inks and coatings, such as SunUno Solimax and SunSpectro Solvaplast/Aquathene, are certified ...
- Innovative Recycling Solutions for Thermoset Plastics
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- February 14, 2022, ... examples of current options for recycling these materials along with some that are close to being fully developed. Currently, only 10-18 percent of all plastics are recycled, in part because not all ...
- Comexi's Innovative Technology Enables Wipak UK to Provide More Sustainable Solution
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- February 09, 2022, ... in the United Kingdom, which was announced in 2020, is key to production of packaging with a low carbon footprint, contains recycled content and is curbside recyclable. Comexi was chosen as the supplier ...
- Neopac’s Polyfoil MMB® Tube Approved by USA’s Association of Plastic Recyclers
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- February 07, 2022, ... packaging be recycled in the HDPE bottle stream, of which tubes are a subset. Owed to Neopac’s advancements in materials science, Polyfoil® MMB accomplishes recyclability goals while maintaining the ...
- Celebration Packaging Adds a Natural, Sustainable Foodservice Dining Option
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- February 06, 2022, ... and moisture resistance. The plates have no plastic film or wax coating, so they can be repulped and recycled easily. The Fibre Box Association and the Corrugated Packaging Alliance have tested and certified ...
- Davis-Standard will promote a range of converting technology at ICE Europe
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- February 06, 2022, ... company’s demonstrated expertise in designing machinery for a circular economy includes mono-material structures, use of bio-degradable resins, increasing recycled content, added functionality with twin ...
- Microflute Webinar Series
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- January 03, 2022, ... January 12,19, 26. Mergers, acquisitions, and mill closures have found manufacturers searching for alternatives to uncoated recycled paperboard, which has necessitated a renewed interest in small flute ...
- ProAmpac’s Recycle Ready Retort Pouch Validated by Two Advanced Recycling Firms
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- November 10, 2021, ... By processing materials that cannot be mechanically recycled due to composition or product residue, advanced recycling produces a quality polymer that can be re-introduced into the supply chain. “Advanced ...
- Trexel and Bockatech Partner to Increase Benefits and Scope of Foamed Packaging Applications
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- October 03, 2021, ... be recycled in the clear recycling stream. Trexel has teamed up with Bockatech (UK) to further develop technologies that complement Bockatech EcoCore®. Products made with EcoCore use a combination ...
- Solvay Announces Groundbreaking Solution for Recycling PVDC
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- September 28, 2021, ... company delivering high performance materials for safe and reliable food packaging, has conducted a proof of concept showing that polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) has the potential to be recycled. PVDC is ...