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- Is it the End for Non-Recyclable Plastic Packaging?
- (Flexpack)
- March 02, 2020, ... films, bags, liners, wraps and so on – which generally consist of several layers of different types of plastics. “Plastic is not one single material – it comes in many different varieties, and most flexible ...
- interplastica,and upakovka 2020 Reflect Stabilizing Russian Market
- (News | New Products)
- February 25, 2020, At the recent concurrent staging of interplastica, International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, and upakovka At the recent concurrent staging of interplastica, International Trade Fair for Plastics ...
- Charter NEX Joins the Association of Plastic Recyclers
- (News | New Products)
- February 16, 2020, ... the plastics value chain,” said Scott Hammer, Corporate Sustainability Leader at Charter NEX Films. Through the APR’s Demand Champion program, Charter NEX and other members formalize their commitment ...
- Looking Forward and Back
- (News | New Products)
- January 11, 2020, Launched just a year ago in January 2019, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste (AEPW) began bringing together organizations that make, use, process, sell, collect and recycle plastics in order to tackle the ...
- Flexible Packaging, a Converting Dynamo
- (Converting Perspectives)
- December 01, 2019, ... include glass, metal cans and rigid plastics touted for strength and safety. According to the Flexible Packaging Association, flexible packaging is any package or part whose shape can be readily changed. ...
- Are We on the Road to Achieving Truly Sustainable Packaging?
- (Flexpack)
- November 11, 2019, ... worth approximately $9 billion to the plastics industry.2 “We need to recover 20 years of engineering” The key challenge for brand owners – particularly in the food industry – is producing new ...
- K 2019 Düsseldorf: New Technologies as Drivers of Innovation for a Productive and Responsible Today, Tomorrow and Future
- (Upcoming Conference News)
- October 02, 2019, K 2019, known as “The World’s No. 1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber” is scheduled to take place in Düsseldorf October 16-23 K 2019, known as “The World’s No. 1 Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber” ...
- North America: Technology Developments and Market Opportunities Drive Industry Growth
- (News | New Products)
- July 30, 2019, A country report in the run-up to K 2019 A country report in the run-up to K 2019 The North American plastics industry, led by the United States, is posting good business results this year. Sales, ...
- Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry
- (Label/Tape)
- April 21, 2019, ... industries. But this reliance comes with a cost. The current approach to plastic is not sustainable. According to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, if nothing about our consumption changes, new plastics ...
- Ecoslide-OTC™ Paperboard Pack: Keystone Folding Box Co.
- (News | New Products)
- March 27, 2019, ... a designer and manufacturer of paperboard packaging solutions, has responded to calls for reduced plastics in packaging. The company’s Ecoslide-OTC™, a paperboard pack for over-the-counter medication eliminates ...
- New Challenge Launched to Identify Recovery Solutions for Multi-Material Flexible Packaging
- (News | New Products)
- November 13, 2018, ... Multi-material flexible packaging — which can consist of upwards of nine layers of plastics, aluminum, adhesives, paper, and other substrates — is widely used for a number of household products including ...
- ICE USA 2019 Call for Industry Expert Speakers
- (Trade Shows)
- November 03, 2018, ... immediately,” said Julie Ford, ICE USA Exhibition Manager. Show attendees include decision makers from these top industry sectors: Manufacturing Converting Packaging Plastics Coatings ...
- Nestlé Announces Environmental Goal
- (News | New Products)
- April 24, 2018, ... Its vision is that none of its packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfill or as litter. Nestlé believes that there is an urgent need to minimize the impact of packaging on the environment. Nestlé ...
- Sleeve Label Awards | AWA Confers 4 with Top Honors
- (Label/Tape)
- April 19, 2018, ... and application for all types of sleeve labels. IN A LEAGUE OF ITS OWN Sleeved cans—one of the fastest-growing sectors for sleeve labeling—delivered two winners. Safety Seal Plastics, Guelph, ON, Canada, ...
- AIMCAL Awards | Holographic Carton, Metallized Film Are Winners
- (Coating/Laminating)
- March 21, 2018, ... OVER THE TOP Toray Plastics (America), North Kingstown, RI, earned a Product Excellence Award for its Torayfan Over-The-Mountain Portfolio of biaxially oriented polypropylene (OPP) films. Available ...
- EFIA Looks at a Flexo Challenge
- (News | New Products)
- February 20, 2018, ... EFIA explains, “We’ve already seen banning of black plastic trays from Waitrose [grocery] due to their inability to be identified by plastics sorting systems within the UK recycling infrastructure and ...
- As You Sow Praises McDonald’s Green Policy
- (Flexpack)
- January 23, 2018, The environmental advocacy group issues a statement congratulating the fast food giant for its plan to recycle all post-consumer packaging by 2025 OAKLAND, CA | As You Sow, a nonprofit organization ...
- Pyrowave Receives Grant to Process Recycled PS
- (News | New Products)
- January 09, 2018, ... depolymerization of plastics, has received a $50,000 grant from the Foam Recycling Coalition to purchase equipment that will allow for in-house processing of recycled polystyrene. The Coalition is housed ...
- Sticking With It | Going Green
- (Label/Tape)
- December 03, 2017, ... that could be removed from plastic containers. Here the ideal objective is for the adhesive to remain with the label and be removed during the wash process, the first step in plastics recycling. Alternatively, ...
- AWA Reviews Sessions on Release Liners
- (Label/Tape)
- November 25, 2017, ... within the p-s label value chain. The Polyolefin Circular Economy Platform, PCEP, founded by three plastics industry associations—EuPC, Plastics Europe, and Plastics Recyclers Europe, then responded. ...