Advancing Sustainability in a Complex Value Chain

Paper release liner base remains the choice for the vast majority of label applications, and there is a developing choice of solutions for its recycling and re-use. Film-based release liners are, however, also gaining market share today; and collecting and recycling these relatively high-cost liners—and perhaps, in the process, creating an additional revenue stream—is an option today. ‘Clean’ used PET liner is a highly-desirable commodity—and it is a priority to develop a supply chain structure to make collection and recycling simple, financially attractive, and effective for all concerned in the process.