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Recyclability: Page 7

Sustainability
Eastman Investing up to $1 Billion to Accelerate Circular Economy
Eastman Chemical Co.
The company is building world’s largest material-to-material molecular plastics recycling facility, which is projected to handle up to 160,000 metric tonnes of hard-to-recycle waste annually.
January 19, 2022
Photo Courtesy of Eastman Chemical
Sustainability
How Do Recycled Materials Fit with Healthcare Packaging?
Despite more stringent packaging waste regulations coming out of Europe, life sciences brand owners maintain some leeway. Experts offer examples of where recycled content has potential.
December 24, 2021
Recycle
Sustainability
PrintCYC Provides Input for Design for Recycling Guidelines
Research evaluates the impact of printing inks on the recyclability of plastic films.
December 9, 2021
The PrintCYC initiative produced odourless and colour-stable PP recyclates from yellow and red printed films that are comparable to virgin material.
Sustainability
Neopac’s Polyfoil MMB Tube Approved by RecyClass Recycling Standards Association
Company’s groundbreaking mono-material barrier tube becomes first tube/cap combination successfully tested by EU-based cross-industry initiative, which promotes increased recycling and plastics circularity.
December 8, 2021
Hoffman Neopac has been granted RecyClass approval for its Polyfoil MMB mono-material barrier tube.
Sustainability
EU Regulators, Recycling, and Healthcare Plastics
Packaging suppliers speak about the openness of regulators to understand the slower nature of life science manufacturers in adopting more sustainable packaging.
November 11, 2021
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Materials
Recyclable Paper Blister Wins German Packaging Award
The paper blister can be printed on both sides, and both base and lidding are recyclable. The design allows for the tablets to be pushed through the barrier layers without breaking.
September 13, 2021
The thermoformable barrier and seal layer are also heat-sealable.
Materials
Stream #1 Recyclable Pharma Blister: New Blister, Same Machines
This PET blister allows pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and consumer health companies to incorporate a recyclable package without slowing lines or purchasing new equipment.
August 24, 2021
kpNext is kp’s blister packaging film that is designed to be recyclable in the RIC (Resin Identification Code) 1 stream.
Materials
5 Examples of Recycling Symbols on OTC Packages | E-comm Brand Adopts Durable Bottle with Subscription-Based Refill Format
Take Five Video: Healthcare packaging designers have to be creative with such small packaging, ensuring recycling symbols stand out but still fit and flow with the surrounding aesthetic. Also, coverage of Fatty15's packaging & subscription-based format.
June 25, 2021
5 Examples
Sustainability
GSK Consumer Healthcare Commits to Make over a Billion Toothpaste Tubes Recyclable by 2025 as Part of its Ongoing Sustainability Journey
GSK Consumer Healthcare (GSKCH) announced that it is partnering with two global packaging suppliers to launch fully recyclable toothpaste tubes across its specialist and science-based oral health brands including Sensodyne, parodontax and Aquafresh.
May 14, 2021
GSK Consumer Healthcare commits to make over a billion toothpaste tubes recyclable by 2025 as part of its ongoing sustainability journey.
Materials
Amcor: Recyclable Blister Packaging
Amcor Flexibles North America
New AmSky blister system eliminates PVC from blister packaging–designed to enable healthcare customers to improve the recyclability of their packaging. The system represents a child-resistant and senior-friendly (CRSF) recyclable pharmaceutical package.
April 29, 2021
New AmSky blister system represents a child-resistant and senior-friendly (CRSF) recyclable pharmaceutical package free of PVC.
Sustainability
Amcor with 35 Consumer Goods Companies Further Sustainability Efforts
Partnership implements initiatives to reduce plastic waste and use of materials that make it harder to recycle packaging; this moves Amcor’s 2025 goal for fully recyclable packaging forward.
January 11, 2021
The design principles also align with Amcor’s objectives to develop more sustainable packaging and to collaborate to increase recycling rates worldwide.
Sustainability
Hoffman Neopac: Recyclable Mono-Material Packaging System for Existing PE Streams
Hoffmann Neopac AG
High-density polyethylene caps pair with polyethylene tubes to create Neopac’s recyclable PE-based tubes with flip-top caps.
October 15, 2020
These tube systems are a packaging first: fully recyclable tube systems whose body, shoulder, and caps are composed of a single material family.
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