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Newark Group Sells Waste Recovery Operations

(Carton Box)

August 10, 2012, With the sale of its minority shareholdings in three waste recovery companies to SAICA Natur, The Newark Group continues to focus on core businesses   CRANFORD, NJ | The Newark Group, global producer ...

New Challenge Launched to Identify Recovery Solutions for Multi-Material Flexible Packaging

(News | New Products)

November 13, 2018, ... start-ups to submit new ideas for reprocessing technologies capable of beneficially recovering multi-material flexible packaging waste. The idea for the challenge began in the SPC’s Industry Leadership ...

Spain Passes Waste Recycling Act

(Green)

January 20, 2013, ... outlets, banks, hotel chains, service companies, town councils, and more are now able to legally demand that their recyclable waste materials be recycled in Europe, according to the new Spanish Waste Act, ...

Heat Recovery | Shields Bag Reduces Natural Gas Consumption

(Flexpack)

April 09, 2012, ... and reduce its energy waste from the oxidizers: Install a system that would capture the waste heat for other uses Install a new, more efficient oxidizer unit Replace the oxidizer with a biological ...

E-waste Recycling Legislation Could Frame Waste Management Debate

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, As we have reported previously, increasing public concern over solid waste management is spurring consideration of “extended producer responsibility” (EPR) and “shared responsibility” approaches to waste ...

E-Waste Legislation

(Magazine)

April 29, 2005, ... the California Dept. of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California has passed an innovative electronic waste recycling law. Legal Briefs In response to concerns over the environmentally sound disposal ...

Waste & That Blue Box

(Flexpack)

March 31, 2004, More local and regional jurisdictions are seeking to deal with litter and solid waste by embracing Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws that place More local and regional jurisdictions are seeking ...

Flexible Packaging & Waste Disposal Laws: A US Perspective

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... options, with their attendant source-reduction benefits, to a great number of customers interested in minimizing environmental waste burdens. Nevertheless, the industry faces the possibility of new waste-disposal ...

Release Liners: A Worldwide Special Report: Release LinersPackaging Waste?

(Archive)

October 31, 2002, An opinion shift that release liners are packaging rather than process waste will have consequences across the supply chain. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 An opinion shift that release ...

Waste Not: Waste Management in Europe's Packaging and Label Industrie

(Magazine)

June 30, 2002, Waste management in the packaging industry as a whole, and the self-adhesive label industry in particular, is becoming a key issue in Europe. In 1994 Waste management in the packaging industry as a whole, ...

EC packaging waste directive drives European legislation.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, The final adoption of the EC Packaging Waste Directive at the end of 1994 has been the force driving most European nations to finalize their own packaging The final adoption of the EC Packaging Waste Directive ...

Adapting flexible system in trim-recovery operations.

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, ... between three and six rolls, so, essentially, a lot of waste can be generated if one considers that the plant runs around the clock 365 days a year. "We effectively doubled our trim-recovery capability ...

Interest in waste-disposal technologies at all time high

(Magazine)

May 31, 1995, As upcoming trade shows such as Envitec focus on global responsibility, interest in environmental protection and waste-disposal technologies is at an As upcoming trade shows such as Envitec focus on global ...

German company develops recovery concept for plastics

(Magazine)

December 31, 1994, A German company has reported developments in the use of gasification in the chemical recycling of plastics waste.According to Rheinbraun AG, Koln, Germany, A German company has reported developments in ...

Sustainability and Productivity – a Must for Today’s Labels

(Flexpack)

February 19, 2023, ... maximizing the potential of waste recovery and facilitating recycling. Innovation with Current Products Enhancing current products is a vital step in advancing the circular packaging economy without ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... agendas, sustainability has remained near the very top of the agenda in business, politics, and the media. The challenges of managing finite resources, reducing waste and curbing greenhouse gas emissions ...

Rust to Tech: Part 5

(Converting Perspectives)

January 01, 2023, ... said GE Additive. At AdvancedTek of Waukesha, Wisconsin, production parts and tooling are major 3D activities. Consequences of advancements also affect waste. Paper is already the most recycled material, ...

Maximizing Revenue with Label Materials on Hand

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

June 19, 2022, ... to keep in mind for those converters looking to streamline workflow and be more efficient with their ink and substrate usage. Eliminate Waste One of the first, and perhaps most obvious, steps to efficiency ...

ProAmpac’s Recycle Ready Retort Pouch Validated by Two Advanced Recycling Firms

(News | New Products)

November 10, 2021, ... economically viable than mixed material structures in advanced recycling systems because they allow for higher recovery and less unrecoverable waste. In both tests, the RT-3000 retort pouches met the yield ...

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 ...