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- Packaging and Labeling Sustainability is a Must for the Industry
- (Label/Tape)
- April 21, 2019, ... cleanly separates in reaction to the caustic bath, leaving no adhesive residue on the PET flake. The CleanFlake portfolio passes the highest form of testing available from the Association of Plastic Recyclers ...
- Newest APR Recycling Demand Champion Companies Announced at the 2019 Plastics Recycling Conference
- (News | New Products)
- March 14, 2019, ... of Plastic Recyclers (APR), the leading international trade organization representing the plastics recycling industry, The APR Recycling Demand Champions Campaign plays a prominent role in driving investment ...
- New Challenge Launched to Identify Recovery Solutions for Multi-Material Flexible Packaging
- (News | New Products)
- November 13, 2018, ... intensity, but the same characteristics that make it lightweight and effective also present hurdles for recyclers and other recovery outlets. Few technologies exist that can beneficially recover the ...
- Inks and Coatings | Catching Up With Sun Chemical’s Felipe Mellado
- (Inks/Coatings/Primers)
- May 14, 2018, ... containers. This new de-seamable adhesive helps recyclers improve recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) yield without process changes. Developed in partnership, Sun Chemical and Eastman extensively ...
- Plant-Based Pizza Box is Compostable
- (Carton Box)
- April 26, 2018, ... to minimize their environmental impact. The container’s composability reduces non-compostable packaging at pizza restaurants and supports eco-friendly disposal in areas where recyclers refuse pizza containers ...
- Smart Planet Technologies Starts Paper Cup Recycling Program
- (Trends/Management)
- April 18, 2018, ... Technologies, it has been estimated that more than 15 billion paper coffee cups get diverted to US landfills each year. Traditional plastic-coated paper cups are typically too difficult for paper recyclers ...
- RDG Media Purchases Paper, Film & Foil Converter (PFFC)
- (Trends/Management)
- April 04, 2018, ... extruders, blow molders, recyclers, fabricators, thermoformers, and compression molders. Food and beverage product manufacturers, contract manufacturers, medical/pharma, personal care manufacturers count ...
- As You Sow Praises McDonald’s Green Policy
- (Flexpack)
- January 23, 2018, ... region, and country and will require significant actions to optimize so that recycling actually occurs. Other quick-service brands need to work with peers, municipalities, and recyclers to find ways that ...
- Pyrowave Receives Grant to Process Recycled PS
- (News | New Products)
- January 09, 2018, ... recyclers.” “Companies like Pyrowave are advancing technologies to create innovative outlets for recycled polystyrene,” says Lynn Dyer, president of FPI. “The beauty of the system that we’re funding ...
- Sticking With It | Going Green
- (Label/Tape)
- December 03, 2017, ... Mfrs. Inst.) as guidelines for RCAs. Laboratory testing is done by the Forest Products Labs of the USDA. More recently, the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) highlighted the need to develop labels ...
- 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. ...
- Keystone Folding Box Launches Ecoslide-RX 3.0 Package
- (Carton Box)
- August 08, 2017, ... bottles. The challenge with recycling prescription medicine bottles is that most curbside programs do not accept them. According the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR), prescription bottles smaller ...
- FTA Awards | 6 Best of Show Winners Take Top Honors
- (Print)
- May 01, 2017, ... of Plastic Recyclers (APR) recognized Artcraft Label’s innovation as being effective and meeting the established industry protocol. The rPET thermoform recycling process is estimated to reduce greenhouse ...
- UPM Raflatac Recognized for Recycling
- (Label/Tape)
- December 13, 2016, The company’s new shrink sleeve films receive recognition for recyclability from the Association of Plastic Recyclers TAMPERE, FINLAND | UPM Raflatac reports it has received the Critical Guidance recognition ...
- Readers Choice | Top 10 New Products of 2016
- (Flexpack)
- December 01, 2016, ... Guidelines as set by the Assn. of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR), providing a higher yield of PET container recycling. Reportedly, it is engineered to offer high shrink percentages for optimal design ...
- UPM Raflatac to Feature Wide-Ranging Display at Labelexpo Americas
- (Label/Tape)
- August 27, 2016, ... labels with every shipment. The company reports it offers sustainable products and manages waste responsibly. The Assn. of Plastic Recyclers (APR) has recently recognized 2.6-mil PP Pearlescent TC as ...
- Show Preview | Labelexpo Americas 2016 Offers Technology in Action
- (Label/Tape)
- August 08, 2016, ... Plastics Recyclers. Films are engineered to offer high performing shrink percentages for optimal design freedom and to impact the visual presentation of the product due to clarity. Its digital print receptive ...
- Klöckner Pentaplast Offers New Shrink Label Film
- (Label/Tape)
- February 28, 2016, ... Guidelines as set by the Assn. of Postconsumer Plastics Recyclers (APR), providing a higher yield of PET container recycling. Reportedly, it is engineered to offer high shrink percentages for optimal design ...
- Constantia Flexibles Honored for Recyclable Labels
- (News | New Products)
- February 19, 2016, ... one of the top five innovations in plastic recycling in 2016 by the Assn. of Plastic Recyclers (APR). Held in conjunction with the Plastics Recycling Conference, the APR Showcase highlighted their joint ...
- UPM Raflatac Offers Results of Shrink Sleeve Label Recycling Study
- (Label/Tape)
- February 07, 2016, ... the company's new RafShrink PO MDO 40 HS product, at the recent Assn. of Plastic Recyclers (APR) Technical Forum in New Orleans, LA. The study, conducted with Plastic Forming Enterprises, reportedly demonstrated ...