Label Release Liner: Looking to the Future

Paper vs film: Life cycle analysis
Continuing on the theme of recycling and sustainability, Ahlstrom’s Vice President, Sustainability, Anna Wessman, presented the life cycle assessment of specialty paper versus film conducted by the company with the PaperImpact organization. She demonstrated that, in most instances, paper’s credentials are superior to those of film. Competition for land (sustainably-managed forests represent an excellent carbon sink, but also make strong demands on land availability); and the need to reduce the impact on land eutrophication with effluent water are the paper industry’s main drawbacks.