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F&C
Magazine
Interviews
national legislation in a number of countries
around Europe – including The Netherlands
and the UK -- spent release liner has been
defined as packaging waste at the end of its
working life, and is therefore the subject of
a financial levy.
A final decision from the EU is expected
this summer and, whichever way it goes, it
will have a significant effect on the market’s
perception of self-adhesive labelling. It is,
however, FINAT’s opinion that, without its
empowering release liner, the self-adhesive
label’s overarching package of benefits
-- versatility, flexibility, accurate, clean, fast
label dispensing (sometimes in multiples
in the one machine pass) -- would not be
achievable.
Release liner recyclability
Whatever the final outcome in European
waste legislation, it is being proved in many
arenas that release liner, both paper- and
film-based, is recyclable, despite its release
coating. Finat is driving and supporting practical
initiatives to create viable waste collection
and recycling schemes, which are
becoming increasingly commercially active.
I encourage brand owners and retailers, as
well as their label converters, to join together
and buy in to what could be a real gamechanger
for the self-adhesive label industry
by participating in formal liner waste collection
schemes.
Paper release liner base remains the choice
for the vast majority of label applications,
and there is a developing choice of solutions
for its recycling and re-use. Film-based
release liners are, however, also gaining mar-
Interviste
Soluzioni e sfide
per il settore delle
etichette autoadesive
Crescita della sostenibilita
in una complessa catena di
valore: estremamente lunga,
complessa e specializzata
Di Jules Lejeune, direttore
generale Finat
ket share today; and collecting and recycling
these relatively high-cost liners – and perhaps,
in the process, creating an additional
revenue stream -- is an option today. ‘Clean’
used Pet liner is a highly-desirable commodity
– and it is a priority to develop a supply
chain structure to make collection and
recycling simple, financially attractive, and
effective for all concerned in the process.
Waste collection
Liner waste, ultimately, is generated at the
contract packer’s, brand owner’s, or retailer’s
premises, and is therefore largely out of
the hands of the label production chain. Finat’s
prime task, therefore, within the Global
Packaging Project and other packaging
industry initiatives, is to make end users
aware of how they can link with their label
suppliers to deliver sustainability in terms of
liner waste collection for recycling and reuse.
As well as confronting, managing, and addressing
major issues like this, Finat continues
to provide a ‘green umbrella’ for its
member companies in terms of ongoing
educational support on good manufacturing
and environmental health and safety
practice.
Some of the topics we currently embrace
are ink migration and set-off, solvent usage,
safe Uv curing, and other pressroom issues
-- with the interests of the users (particularly
in the food and beverage arena) a central
concern.
Packaging buyers, brand managers, and
designers are all increasingly aware of the
need to sell products in an environment
that is demanding less material and energy
Le etichette autoadesive hanno
contribuito a migliorare significativamente
gli imballaggi: versatilità,
pulizia e variabilità le hanno rese l’applicazione
ideale in numerosi settori chiave
del mercato dei beni di grande consumo
- sugli alimenti (sia come etichette primarie
e secondarie che per informazioni del
usage and an improved carbon footprint.
Self-adhesive labels can help in this pursuit,
contributing, additionally, unrivalled versatility
and shelf appeal. They are rightly major
participants in the broad global packaging
industry agenda committed to developing
truly sustainable solutions, in partnership
with contract packers, the brand owners,
and retailers.
This is a genuine opportunity to achieve
significant progress in managing our environment.
www.finat.com
prezzo in base al peso e per la stampa di
altre informazioni variabili); su prodotti per
la cura personale e della casa e in particolare
sulle bevande.
Il boom delle bevande
La crescita globale delle birre premium ha
dimostrato negli ultimi anni l’esistenza di
un mercato dinamico delle etichette autoadesive
a livello mondiale e i vini - sia cuvé
premium che varietà più comuni acquistabili
al supermercato - stanno attualmente
sfruttando l’aspetto accattivante che le
etichette autoadesive sono in grado di
creare sugli scaffali, sul breve o sul lungo
periodo, sia tramite i processi di stampa