Recycling, adhesive waste can be treated in this way

on July 1, the "Shanghai municipal solid waste management regulations", which is known as the most stringent in history, was officially implemented and. As a result, all walks of life are striving to reduce the amount from the source, reduce the production of packaging pollution, and improve the recycling rate of waste products and packaging materials.

Environmental Pressure Pushes Industry Upgrading

Currently, green environmental protection and sustainable development are global propositions. In recent years, the Chinese government has continuously increased environmental protection supervision, especially enterprises located in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai regions and industrial parks have been able to clearly feel the pressure brought by the increase in waste disposal costs. Some companies have even been punished by local regulators for improper waste disposal.

On June 5, 2019, the State Council Executive Meeting passed the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste in the People's Republic of China (Revised Draft). On the basis of the existing provisions on compensation for pollution damage, the revised law on the prevention and control of environmental pollution by solid waste adds provisions such as the inversion of the burden of proof, and supplements the provisions on the extended liability of producers. If the dumping and stacking of solid waste to rivers, lakes, canals, channels, reservoirs and beach bank slopes below the highest water level are prohibited by laws and regulations, it will touch the "red line" of the law ". Environmental pressure is forcing the industry to complete the transformation and upgrading as soon as possible.

In the past, China's printing industry has been developing extensively, and domestic enterprises mainly landfill self-adhesive waste. Landfill not only occupies a large amount of land area, and waste leakage liquid will pollute groundwater resources for a long time. Therefore, this method not only fails to realize the resource treatment of garbage, but also has great potential harm and will bring endless troubles to future generations. At present, many developed countries ban landfill waste.

 

Throughout the life of a sticker, the waste generated mainly includes adhesive base paper, adhesive surface material after die cutting and waste discharge, adhesive surface material pasted on the end product and adhesive waste material.

Processors can also get more carbon dioxide reduction benefits when using lighter materials, such as saving storage and logistics space; can reduce the number of reels and downtime, improve production efficiency; greatly reduce the exploitation of natural resources, reduce production waste, reduce waste disposal costs.

therefore, economic benefits and environmental protection do not conflict with each other, but complement each other. the total cost of non-adhesive materials will be significantly improved.

Finland Lantai label said that after understanding the source of the main "adhesive waste" targeted to produce ".

At present, there are two major sources of adhesive waste: 1 is label printing factory or bottle factory; The 1 factory is label printing line; the waste produced by the two is not the same. The main waste generated by the label printing plant is die-cutting waste and trimming waste. Among them, die-cutting waste components are mixed, and most of them need to be landfilled and incinerated due to glue and ink. The composition of the trimming waste is the same as the label release substrate, and the utilization value is higher, but the part of the waste produced by the printing plant is less, which is not convenient for centralized transportation.

The main waste materials produced by the labeling line of brand factories or bottling factories are label release film and PE paper. This part of the waste quantity is large, and the use value is very high, most of the current will be recycled. For example, PET film degradation treatment can be made into recycled PET fiber material; Glassine paper can be degraded into other types of paper, such as corrugated paper.

In order to give this part of self-adhesive waste a new life, starting from 2018, in Asia, UPM Labels has started to provide recycling solutions for label waste with RafCycle projects to optimize the use of raw materials during their life cycle. The implementation of the project responds to the extended producer responsibility system promoted by the Chinese government and the 2030 sustainable development goals set by the United Nations. It uses Lantai's leading R & D capabilities and developed logistics network to provide practical waste solutions for downstream enterprises.

 

 

The implementation of the RafCycle project has given brand-new life to the owners of label backing paper waste, bringing considerable profits to printers, packers and brands, it also brings great benefits to the environment.

 

 

Scientific Innovation Improves Environmental Efficiency strong>

 

New Plastics Economy Global Commitment

 

 

• Provide label materials to reduce unnecessary plastic packaging.

• Develop packaging and labeling solutions that promote re-use.

• 100 per cent of all plastic packaging used in production units is reusable, recyclable or degradable by 2025.

• As part of The Biofore Company, UPM is actively developing renewable alternative labeling solutions to move towards a "net benefit" economy beyond fossil energy.

 

Smart tags create the future

Labels are critical to the sustainability of packaging and play a unique role in promoting a circular economy. For this reason, UPM has been sparing no effort to reduce unnecessary plastic packaging and is constantly developing innovative recyclable materials and solutions to meet the needs of the future to help customers and brand terminals realize their respective commitments to the circular economy.