The new Torayfan PWX5 from Toray Plastics (America) Inc. is a metallized BOPP film that is designed for use as a high-performance inner-moisture and oxygen-barrier web in gas-flushed applications.
The “Energy Bag,” Plastics-to-Energy pilot program demonstrated that there are emerging technologies that can offer solutions for diverting most multi-material flexible plastic packaging and many other types of plastics that are difficult to mechanically recycle.
When major coffee manufacturers introduced single-serve coffee pods a few years ago, they probably weren’t bargaining for national news coverage and contentious debates.
At NPE2015, 82 exhibitors participated in the program to recycle processing scrap generated on the show floor, twice as many as at NPE2012, causing a dramatic increase in the amount of material collected for recycling.
Sonoco will increase production capabilities and support R&D innovation through several significant growth projects for its consumer packaging businesses.