AWA Report Lists Management and Recycling Options

The available options

All these aspects of pressure-sensitive label waste are discussed in this concise study, which clearly sets out the options available—material downgauging, linerless labels, coating, laminating and printing labelstock in one machine pass, cradle-to-cradle recycling for reuse, and recycling for alternative uses. The status quo of legislation around the world, change drivers and change barriers are all discussed, as a prologue to identifying the physical problems around collection of label waste, and defining where the ownership of instigating such collection should reside.