Not exact matches
There are several industry collaborations that are working to identify technologies to make collection and sortation of
flexible packaging waste feasible and economically effective, as well as research into chemical
recycling, which degrades the mixed plastics into monomers or basic chemicals to turn into new products.
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Flexible packaging isn't made of pure plastic polymers but made by blending several materials which make
recycling nearly impossible,» she said.
Thompson announced that as of January 2018, 71 % of Co-op's
packaging is easy to
recycle, but there is still more work to be done, with CPET,
flexibles and vanity black plastics being cited as the top three challenges.
This mono - material
package marries
flexible and rigid
packaging to create a thin, light, strong structure that uses less material, enables
recycling and allows more message space.
Incorporating more post-consumer
recycled materials into
flexible packaging is a trend and opportunity for improving the sustainability of
flexible packaging.
How can you increase the
recycling of your
flexible packaging?
Would a demand for
recycled - content material in new
flexible packages help?
However, the very nature of
flexible packaging; lightweight and mixed materials, food contamination, inks, adhesives and difficulty in collection and sorting; renders conventional thermal -
recycling techniques impractical.
Silver award winners included: VP+C for the Farmacy Beauty entry, with an origami - like box unfolding to reveal the brand story inside with hand - drawn illustrations on the
package helping to tell a holistic story about the brand; Fuji's Fuji ・ M ・ O
flexible packaging for its inkjet - gravure hybrid printing machine, which combines full - color inkjet printing and water - based white gravure printing; and GreenBlue for the How2Recycle
recycling label for
packaging, a universal
recycling labeling system designed specifically for consumers.
Researchers at the University of Alicante have developed a procedure that removes printed ink on plastic films used in
flexible packaging getting a product free from ink and suitable for
recycling.
Participants simply collect any brand of plastic air fresheners and plug in refills, plus air and home care product trigger heads, pumps and caps and
flexible home cleaning wipe packs of any brand (none of which can be
recycled by councils), put them in a box or envelope, print the free post label from the website and then stick it onto the
package and post it back to TerraCycle.
To request your
recycling envelope for Quinn Snacks
flexible packaging, please complete the order form below.
To request your
recycling envelope for Weruva
flexible pet food
packaging, please complete the order form below.
You can send in glass vitamin and supplement bottles, plastic vitamin and supplement bottles, vitamin and supplement bottle lids, and vitamin and supplement
flexible packaging through this
recycling program.
Use this box to
recycle any
flexible or rigid plastic
packaging.