Expert's Opinion

How Inks Affect Plastic Recycling

Inks and coatings may provide the solution to enable further and future use of recycled plastic materials.

By: Anna Niewiadomska

Marketing Manager, Flint Group Narrow Web

Packaging needs to become more circular. Pressure for a more circular economy in packaging is mounting. Put simply, as packaging manufacturers are increasingly expected to consider how their products affect the environment, more and more are focusing on methods to minimize virgin material use. Ensuring that packaging can be recycled and reused supports efforts keep raw materials available in the supply chain. Furthermore, using recycled materials avoids extracting new resources causing neg...

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