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Recyclable PS Demand Increases

(News Eclips)

August 12, 2008, ... Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (CPRA), which purchased the equipment and technology from the Canadian Polystyrene Recycling Assn. late last year. The new CPRA is owned by an established Port Hope-based ...

August 2008 PFFC Narrow Web & Label Reporter

(Narrow Web)

July 31, 2008, ... of recycled pressure-sensitive products in the industry, which includes recycling compatible adhesive. Offering these products with FSC certification was the next logical step.” Graphic Imaging Survey ...

Dirge for a Plastic Bag?

(Editorial)

July 31, 2008, ... would any true tree hugger accomplish with this choice? The answer, Fisher says, (and I agree) lies in “all communities aggressively pursuing recycling programs. Banning is not a solution, but it does ...

New 'Field Guide' For Sustainable Print and Packaging Desig

(News | New Products)

July 16, 2008, ... choosing paper to recycling the finished piece, including paper types, paper contents, chemical labeling, sizing to reduce paper waste, inks and coatings, finishing techniques, binding, printing processes ...

A Golden Opportunity

(Trends/Management)

June 30, 2008, ... How are they transported? What about waste handling and reduction? Other topics in this session included substrate sustainability, solvent recovery/recycling, and cube utilization. Tuesday also featured ...

ACC Owners

(Experience Speaks)

June 30, 2008, ... person. What sustainability efforts has your company made? Mark | One of the biggest things we've done is a dramatic reduction of waste going to landfill. Now it goes to a recycling facility. Other ...

Serving the Environment

(Label/Tape)

May 31, 2008, ... information for the tag and label industry.” TLMI's Liner Recycling Subcommittee originally was established to develop a liner waste recycling program for members that will benefit the environment, the ...

TLMI Environmental Leadership Award

(Label/Tape)

May 31, 2008, ... measure environmental benefits quantitatively by at least one of the following: reducing solid waste; expanding a recycling project; recovery of waste or energy; or implementing a new “clean” technology ...

Film- and Foil-Free Materials Help Reduce Carbon Footprint

(News Eclips)

May 29, 2008, ... Eliminating film and foil also improves the application’s aesthetic quality, enables recycling, and lowers shipping costs. The environment-friendly product samples included in the book are preferred by ...

DuPont Awards Recognize Packaging Innovation

(News Eclips)

May 29, 2008, ... recycling. A new thermal process for packaging graphics that eliminates the use of solvents, contributing to clean manufacturing. Full details are available at: http://www2.dupont.com/Packaging/en_US/news_events/20th_dupont_packaging_awards_winners.html ...

AWA Sleeve Conference

(News Eclips)

May 20, 2008, ... S-PET; and improved shrinkage in PP film offering for ROSO. Challenges for sleeving technology will include recycling of sleeve labeled containers; the development of PLA; increasing numbers of sleeve ...

Cardpak President Named Chairman of PPC

(News Eclips)

May 04, 2008, ... Protection Agency and other organizations in developing a multimedia outreach plan that includes case studies on successful paperboard recycling programs, information on how trees absorb greenhouse gas ...

Emerging Nations

(Flexpack)

April 30, 2008, ... there was an exhibit of bio-based packaging under the title, “Packaging Goes Bio.” Many new concepts were exhibited. PET Recycling Booming in Europe — There is a definite trend in Europe toward “super-transparent” ...

FTC Plans Green Packaging Workshop

(News | New Products)

April 01, 2008, ... Guides have changed since the Green Guides were revised in 1998, input on whether current recyclability disclosures adequately apprise consumers of the criteria for the recycling of packaging, the appropriate ...

Sustainability—Déjà Vu All Over Again?

(Bag Pouch)

February 29, 2008, ... Or why not put a recycling bin in the storefront and allow customers to recycle their bags — plastic or paper — without a law mandating it? The potential for outright banning of plastic bags makes current ...

One Step Ahead

(Label/Tape)

February 29, 2008, ... see customers requesting (or, in some cases, mandating) their printing suppliers move toward a sustainable way of doing business. Recycling paper waste, using water-based inks, reducing solvents, and offering ...

Alcan Packaging Wins Right Workplace Award

(Archive)

January 05, 2008, ... School in Chicago. Work-Life Effectiveness initiatives have generated flexible hour and job sharing programs. Within the last three years, Food Americas plants doubled its solid waste recycling rates ...

PFFC Pilot/Lab/Technical Facilities Directory

(Magazine)

November 30, 2007, Is there a problem with your process? Fix it! These technical facilities stand ready to help. Adherent Laboratories 3804 Dunlap St. North, St. Paul, MN 55112; 651-247-3364; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; ...

Neff Packaging Hosts Sustainability Seminars & Open House

(Archive)

November 25, 2007, ... warming, the importance of virgin fiber, forest certification, and recycling. Both seminars concluded with questions to the speakers. Due to the high level of interest and participation, future seminars ...

Release Liner Special Report, Part 1

(Tapes)

October 31, 2007, In the pressure-sensitive label market, the release liner supply chain faces a number of threats and cost-related issues. Still, there are opportunities. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 A Recycling Reality? ...