Celplast Metallized Products: provider of vacuum metallized and clear barrier flexible films, Toronto, ON

THE DRIVE FOR 2025: What are the Options for Recycling Barrier Packaging?

Posted in Recyclable, Sustainability, Packaging Insight on October 30, 2020

The flexible packaging industry continues to invest resources in order to develop product and market solutions that will align with the 2025 recyclable packaging objectives laid out by industry leaders. There are many challenges to overcome but I believe our entire industry has become broad-minded and stronger as a result of our learnings and diligence as we drive forward to meet the goals of 2025. We have also seen mounting frustration as the amount of work and effort is not yielding the progress we are all looking for, particularly for barrier and metallized solutions in all PE structures. It is easy to get wrapped up in developing barrier solutions at the front end of our supply chain as companies engineer resin, film, and converting solutions that allow us to produce high barrier recyclable packaging solutions. However, these solutions only get us to the “recycle ready” stage. We must also be aware of the end-of-life options for these packages, which is necessary to consider when identifying a package as “recyclable” or not. There are many industry initiatives underway right now to develop recycling streams for these high barrier packages1. A few of the larger-scale initiatives are listed here: Materials Recovery for the Future in North America and CEFLEX in Europe have been focusing on developing marking and sortation technology to more […]

Metallized Polyethylene & the Circular Economy

Posted in Recyclable, Sustainability, Educational, Packaging Insight on January 21, 2020

Metallized PE sealant film can be used in multi-ply, all PE structures offering a high-barrier recycle ready solution with an in-line top-coating technology.

The Circular Economy & Metallized Polyester

Posted in Recyclable, Sustainability, Educational on September 20, 2019

As converters and brand owners race to develop 100% PE film mono-webs or laminations for the How2Recycle® Store Drop-Off program, it has become clear that this approach will not work for all flexible packaging structures over the short term.

Swimming up the Recycling Stream

Posted in Recyclable, Sustainability, Press Release on May 24, 2019

Store Drop-Off is the only recyclability option for flexible packaging at scale in North America today. The How2Recycle® team has been working on many aspects of testing, including anything added or applied onto a standard, base PE film. The How2Recycle team is also working hard resolving the uncertainties surrounding metallized film and recyclability.

Recyclable Packaging & Metallized Films

Posted in Recyclable, Sustainability, Educational, Packaging Insight on March 31, 2019

High barrier metallized polyethylene can be used to create recyclable mono film structures; now will it meet the regulatory standards for acceptance within recycling streams?

Plastics, Sustainability & Metallized Film

Posted in Packaging Insight, Press Release on February 22, 2019

How can existing packaging films play a roll in achieving high-barrier recyclable packaging solutions?

Cold Chain Packaging and Sustainability

Posted in Educational, Packaging Insight on March 10, 2018

Cold Chain Packaging has grown beyond expanded polystyrene boxes, however, even with the current favourable initiatives will require still further innovation to minimize the impact on the environment with this new market on a significant growth trajectory.

Foil Replacement Solutions with High Barrier Performance Films

Posted in Technology, Press Release on February 16, 2018

Interest in foil replacement alternatives has surged as antidumping duties ranging from 96% to 162% take effect. Learn about viable and readily available foil alternatives from Celplast.