The new tray from Waddington Europe does not require a polyethylene layer or adhesive coating.

As the beverage industry sees growing consumer preference for recyclable aluminum cans over PET bottles, manufacturers are reevaluating coding systems to align with can production speeds and choosing coding technologies that meet their requirements for efficiency, supplies reduction, and code permanence.

Graphic Packaging’s OptiCycle provides an alternative to traditional PE- and polylactic acid-coated products.

Ingredients include mushroom and hemp fibers.