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Enhancing Sustainability in Flexible Packaging through Latex Binders

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2025, ...  Another way to enhance the application's sustainability is incorporating recyclate into the latex binder design. Derived from recycled monomers, this latex emulsion reduces the need for virgin materials ...

FPA Announces the 2025 Flexible Packaging Achievement Award Winners

(News | New Products)

March 08, 2025, ... compostable films, and packaging incorporating post-consumer recycled (PCR) content.” Commenting on printing innovations, Lyons states, “We saw outstanding examples of rotogravure, digital printing, ...

Paper — Still The Foundation of Substrates

(Print)

February 22, 2025, ... for many decades. Paper mills and brand owners tout recycled content of their products. Harvesting fewer trees means recycling paper has become a big business. As reported by PMMI, companies such as Nestle ...

Challenges, Solutions and Future Paperboard Packaging Trends

(Coating/Laminating)

February 15, 2025, ... being removed at sorting facilities. If these materials do enter input streams at recycled paper mills, the plastic coating can contaminate the pulp, reducing the quality of recycled paper and potentially ...

Applying Barriers to Flexible

(Bag Pouch)

January 29, 2025, ... of recycled content — tests processes and systems as well. Coating systems, both pilot and production, are being utilized for a variety of purposes, perhaps the most important of which is to provide food ...

Yazoo Mills - A Standard of Excellence in the Converting Industry

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

January 16, 2025, ... sustainable manufacturing, the company crafts its paper tubes and cores from 100% recycled paperboard, primarily from post-consumer waste. Strategic investments in advanced technologies enhance efficiency ...

Delivering Packaging Sustainability Through Pigment, Ink, Coating and Adhesive Technologies

(Coating/Laminating)

January 16, 2025, ... mandatory for all Member States, further promoting circular economy principles by reducing packaging production and waste, improving packaging recyclability, growing the market for recycled content and ...

UFlex Partners with IIP Delhi to Promote Recycling Awareness and Sustainable Innovations

(News | New Products)

January 08, 2025, ... efforts. The initiative is designed to encourage young minds to explore sustainability challenges and find solutions that can shape a greener future. The Ideation Zone is made using recycled materials, ...

APR Recycling Leadership Awards to Honor Excellence in Plastics Recyclability

(News | New Products)

January 08, 2025, ... Honoring pioneering technology that boosts the quality and efficiency of recycled materials. Package Design Innovation: Recognizing creative packaging solutions that address major recycling challenges. ...

Flexible Packaging for a Convenience-Driven Society

(Coating/Laminating)

November 30, 2024, ... - Brand owners continue to commit to higher recycled content in packaging and higher recyclable packaging. Most efforts are in response to consumer demands for brand owners to evaluate the environmental ...

ARC Honors Award Winners at R2R Conference USA

(News | New Products)

November 12, 2024, ... designed to be recycled in the NexTrex Recycling Program at store drop-off locations throughout the United States. Trex upcycles approximately 450 million pounds of plastic film, bags and wraps annually ...

Building a Circular Economy for Stretch Film

(Flexpack)

November 10, 2024, ...  Beyond its sustainable at-tributes, post-consumer recycled (PCR) films are versatile films that allow machine wrapping of products in a fast, secure and timely manner. Machine stretch films available ...

NBi Technologies Receives Child Resistant Certification for PCR Stand Up Pouch Test Results Meet Requirements for Poison Prevention Packaging MUKWONAGO

(News | New Products)

November 05, 2024, ... comes to life. The green sustainable packaging is constructed of a 114-micron film of post-consumer recycled polyethylene (PCR PE); the zipper is polyethylene (PE). The CR PCR Stand Up Pouch submitted ...

Merging Innovation and Sustainability in Flexible Packaging

(Bag Pouch)

November 03, 2024, ... shelf life for food and beverage items. In March 2024, Partners and INEOS introduced novel film packaging made 50 percent of recycled plastic. PepsiCo has introduced new Sunbites packaging for the renowned ...

Charter Next Generation Showcases Advanced Materials at Pack Expo 2024, Driving Sustainability and Operational Excellence

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2024, ... Carbon Trust every two years in accordance with PAS 2050 and The Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Additionally, these poly mailers can be made with a minimum of 20% post-consumer recycled (PCR) content.  Seaweed-Based ...

Natural Habitat Adventures a Natural Fit with Monadnock Paper Mills

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2024, ... working to raise the bar on eco-friendly operations, including materials sourcing and recycling. Choosing 100% post-consumer waste recycled papers results in meaningful and quantifiable impact reductions. ...

Converter Requirements Toward Inks and Printability

(Bag Pouch)

September 22, 2024, ... with a high recycled content — co-operative cloud-based involvement and the fine tuning of inks/coatings - are either already becoming available or are now poised for an entrance. These developments are ...

Go with the Float: CCL announces extended range of floatable polyolefin shrink sleeves that support PET recycling

(Label/Tape)

July 30, 2024, ... to the bottom. This is an ideal density separation that leads to very clean PET flakes that can be recycled back into new bottles – closing the loop,” explains Marika Knorr, Head of Sustainability and ...

Innovating Safety Child-Resistant Stand-Up Pouches that Meet Sustainability Goals

(Bag Pouch)

July 07, 2024, ... has recently resulted in a stand-up pouch that combines proven Child-Guard® slider technology with high-performance packaging films utilizing recycled content. The result is a stand-up pouch made with ...

OXO Packaging is Focusing on Improvements in Sustainable Food Packaging With Kraft

(News | New Products)

June 27, 2024, ... is made from wood pulp and 100 percent recycled material. It has zero bleach or toxic chemical elements which increase the food efficacy. For food industries, using Kraft packaging can improve the efficiency ...