416-644-3505 Join Our Team Home About Us News Products Capabilities Contact Us Technical Papers Sustainability 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 […] Read 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. Read More... 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. Read More... 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. Read More... ﻿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? Read More... It’s all about the application We will help you find the solution Get in touch News Categories Recyclable Sustainability Industry News Technology Company News Educational Events Packaging Insight Press Release Technical Papers Recent News THE DRIVE FOR 2025: What are the Options for Recycling Barrier Packaging? Metallized Polyethylene & the Circular Economy The Circular Economy & Metallized Polyester Swimming up the Recycling Stream Recyclable Packaging & Metallized Films It's all about the application We will help you find the solution Get in touch Toronto Ontario, Canada 1-800-866-0059 © 2021 Celplast Metallized Products