February 2020

flexible packaging europe

Updated study confirms flexible packaging plays a key role in prevention of packaging waste and mitigation of global warming EAFA ifeu study update 20

A recently updated and extended study by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (ifeu), commissioned by Flexible Packaging Europe (FPE), has underlined the original study’s findings. It shows clearly that flexible packaging is a more effective route to resource efficiency and reducing carbon footprint than using rigid packaging formats or focusing entirely on recycling.

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UPM Raflatac-2

UPM Raflatac boosts the circular economy with new recycled content film labels for home and personal care

UPM Raflatac is labeling a smarter future by answering the growing demand of increasing the amount of recycled content in packaging materials. New UPM Raflatac PE PCR White TC 85 label material, made with 30 percent post-consumer recycled (PCR) plastic from household waste and a minimum of 55 percent post-industrial (PIR) plastic, supports the circular use of materials and helps brand owners reach their sustainability goals. PE PCR White TC 85 is available in Europe for the home and personal care markets.

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Clariant Plastics & Coatings

CLARIANT’S MEVOPUR® PROTECT O2 SCAVENGER HELPS EXTEND SHELF LIFE OF PHARMA PACKAGING

Clariant Plastics & Coatings Healthcare Polymer Solutions is adding a new oxygen-scavenging additive masterbatch to its MEVOPUR line of medical-grade materials and services for pharmaceutical packaging and medical devices. MEVOPUR ProTect is effective at limiting oxygen (O2) degradation of drugs and neutraceuticals stored in polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles, even in a transparent mono-layer construction.

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TRUCIRCLE

A step forward for sustainability: Avery Dennison joins SABIC in its TRUCIRCLE™ initiative, developing a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label facestock.

Avery Dennison has taken an important step towards supplying a recycled polypropylene (rPP) label material, collaborating with SABIC in the TRUCIRCLE™ initiative, which encompasses circular materials and technologies to enable product manufacturers to reach their sustainability goals.

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Chemical recycling

Chemical recycling: Greiner Packaging and Trinseo push to increase use of recycled PS (r-PS) for packaging materials

Polystyrene, abbreviated to PS, is a type of plastic that is widely used in many areas of everyday life. PS is also often a component in packaging products, but there is currently still a lack of genuinely satisfactory alternative solutions for producers who want to address sustainability concerns. If Greiner Packaging and Trinseo have their way, this situation will soon change. Chemically recycled PS is one option that can be used in the future for both nonfood products and food packaging

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DUALAM

DIC Develops Versatile DUALAM™ Fast-Curing Solvent-Free Adhesive and Innovative Solvent-Free Lamination System

DIC Corporation and its subsidiary DIC Graphics Corporation announced today they have successfully developed an instant curing solvent-free adhesive for general purpose packaging, DUALAM™. The instant curing technology is a result of collaborative innovation together with Fuji Kikai Kogyo Co., Ltd. who was responsible for the design and creation of a solvent-free lamination machine perfectly suited for DUALAM™.

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