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TLMI Honors Mitsubishi Recycling Program

(Green)

November 23, 2012, ... business sense. This exclusive direct liner-to-liner reuse process creates Reprocess Sustainable Liners with up to 25% post-industrial recycled content. The environmental benefits of the Reprocess program ...

Appleton Core Recycler Can Be Customized

(Green)

October 21, 2012, ... leftover roll material. The scrap material, such as paper, film, foil, plastic, or nonwovens can then be recycled and the core reused. In-stock configurations, the unit can handle rolls to 32 in. dia, ...

INX Digital Is a Sponsor at SGIA Expo

(News | New Products)

October 13, 2012, ... on a Roland VersaCAMM printer as well as a Mutoh unit. JVV will run on a Mimaki JV33 printer in tandem with the Eco Bulk ink delivery system that uses 100% recycled material. The company also will be ...

Sustainability | Q&A with Kyla Fisher

(Carton Box)

October 11, 2012, ... of post-consumer recycled (PCR) content in paperboard than ever before. Many of the Fortune 1000 have set the goal of increasing PCR content in their materials and are looking for suppliers that can help ...

Newark Group Board Offers Smoothness

(Carton Box)

September 30, 2012, FlexTan bending chip board from The Newark Group, made from 100% recycled paper, is said to provide smoothness, printability, and green features   CRANFORD, NJ | The Newark Group, specializing in ...

Spear a Clear Leader in PET Bottle/Label Compatibility

(Facestocks)

August 22, 2012, ... of these materials are particularly welcome. Spear’s materials are said to show acceptable PET haze and “b” clarity values up to a 50% recycled content load and include the blowing of new PET bottles from ...

Sustainable Packaging | Use Newspaper & Water

(Carton Box)

August 20, 2012, ... of recycled content. Fortunately, with sustainability as their mantra, packaging developers are expanding the possibilities available with advanced, economical molded fiber packaging applications. As ...

PMMI Study Explores Trends & Challenges in Labeling

(Label/Tape)

July 24, 2012, ... materials, including soy-based film, tree-free and paper-free stocks made from stone, and post-consumer recycled materials. Thirteen percent of surveyed end-users say they’re actively moving away ...

PMMI Looks at Economics, Label Trends

(Label/Tape)

June 30, 2012, The July 2012 issue of “PMMI Reports” sees growth through year’s end; trends in labeling include thinner stock, sustainability, and improved tracking   RESTON, VA | News of note from “PMMI Reports,” ...

DuPont Awards | Packaging that Reduces Food Waste Captures Top Prize

(Carton Box)

May 09, 2012, ... and Waste Reduction Ciclo VerdeTaeq is a closed-loop system that brings recycled materials into the production of high-value products instead of being used to make lower value articles and enables societal ...

NPE Follow Up

(Tom’s Poly Ploys)

April 30, 2012, ... of PET (polyester) so that the recycled stream has the same physical properties as the virgin material.  The same goes for polyethylene-based waste stream (minus the IV increase step). All in all it ...

Carton/Box | Heavyweight SBS Is Ready to Print

(Carton Box)

March 26, 2012, ... does its own laminating and converting of paperboard products, it stocks and supplies a full range of boards from fine virgin grades to economical recycled grades, to films and foils for the printing and ...

Smokin' Hot Cigarette Cartons Are Top Product of the Year

(Coating/Laminating)

March 08, 2012, ... substrate, the material also is easily recycled because metal content is extremely low and there’s no film layer. Sustainability Award Taghleef Industries LLC, Charleston, SC, deserved the coveted ...

DuPont, Collaborators Save Energy in Packaging

(Coating/Laminating)

February 26, 2012, ... in the skin film process, compared to converting PE, which was the material used in an early development stage. The skin-film itself, and its production residue, can be recycled in the PE waste stream. ...

Pureology Relaunched in Bottles with No-Label Look

(Label/Tape)

January 26, 2012, ... innovative set of bottle designs (one sits on its cap the other on its base), which are manufactured from a single mold and appear to embrace on shelf. The bottles are made with 50% post consumer recycled ...

Cardboard Bottle from Ecologic Brands Wins Green Award

(Green Converting)

December 05, 2011, ... recover material. The award was part of the 6th International Green Awards for Creativity in Sustainability.   The winner combines a molded-paper outer shell made from 100% recycled materials (70% recycled ...

Release Liner Market: Growth Projected, but Threats Remain

(Label/Tape)

November 10, 2011, ... the need to scale up the volume of recycling to a level in which the value of the recycled goods created can outweigh the recycling costs. Not only that: “A 10%-15% reduction in carbon footprint can be ...

Facestock Is APR-Approved for Recycling Thermoform Containers

(News | New Products)

November 02, 2011, ... PET thermoformed packaging to be recycled efficiently. The facestock is a smooth, white paper with a medium-sensitivity thermal coating. A special coating provides protection for the thermal layer and ...

Green Converting: Landfill Diversion

(Green Converting)

August 16, 2011, ... because the food residue left behind after use often renders it unable to be recycled. Wausau Paper sells rolls of the pan liner to converters who sheet it, put it in boxes, and then sell it into the distribution ...

$2 MM Folding Carton Expansion at Menasha Includes Sheeting

(Carton Box News)

August 04, 2011, ... and bale scrap board for shipment to be recycled. Although Menasha says it currently recycles all waste board, the new process is expected to greatly improve efficiencies. Menasha's Folding Carton Group ...