The Brazil-based converter collaborated with ExxonMobil to create a snack size pet food standup pouch (SUP) for its customer, brand owner Adimax, that can be easier to recycle than traditional SUP structures.
It’s in the best interest of all packaging companies to begin assessing and verifying their own data systems now to ensure they are prepared when EPR reporting requirements take effect.
In this second in a series of stories looking at the outlook for packaging in 2024, FPA’s Alison Keane talks about how converters will continue to innovate in the face of regulatory and supply-chain challenges.
Lecta also is working to develop other metallized papers aimed at the flexible packaging segment, providing functionalities such as oxygen barrier or high grease resistance without the use of fluorinated elements.
By segment, 89% of Amcor’s flexible packaging portfolio has a recycle-ready design solution available, and 95% of rigid packaging by weight is recyclable in practice.