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The Packaging Professional July/August 2009

This month's issue looks at labels and tagging.

Related features focus on in-mould labelling for improved packaging graphics with reduced weight and securing against theft with source tagging.

News includes articles on a biodegradable gas barrier film developed from wood chips and lightweight PET bottles made using a foam-based blow-moulding technique.

News

Eco-labels require know-how

Footprint
‘A two degree reduction in the thermostat setting will result in enough energy savings for a year’s supply of packaging [for the average household].’ So said Jane Bickerstaffe, Director of INCPEN, at a British Standards Institute (BSI) organised conference on sustainable design held on 16 June in London, UK.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 17 Jul 2009

Films from wood

A biodegradable gas barrier film or coating is being developed from an offshoot of the pulp and paper industry. Researchers in Sweden sourced wood hydrolysate remnants formed during the high-temperature chemical processing of wood chips.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 17 Jul 2009

Coloured PET foam

A foamed PET blow-moulding process that creates lightweight bottles in white or silvery-colours, without using additives, has been developed, according to polymer researchers in the USA. They say the technique creates recyclable decorative and textured PET bottles.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 17 Jul 2009

New packaging plan

Packaging producers must take responsibility for excess packaging, and help develop improved collection and more recycling facilities, says the UK Government’s new packaging strategy. It picks up on a call from the Local Government Association (LGA) to make retailers and manufacturers pay for the disposal of ‘unnecessary’ packaging.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 17 Jul 2009

Features

Securing against theft - source tagging

Source tag
Securing products against theft during manufacture helps retain the integrity of a brand’s packaging. Source tagging has a minimal effect on packaging and has been shown to aid retailers in the battle against theft.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 17 Jul 2009

Plastic action – tackling the domestic waste stream

Packaged fruit
A WRAP study into the costs of collecting and recycling household plastic packaging aims to help local authorities meet public demand for recycling. Different authorities are likely to retain varying solutions.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 17 Jul 2009

One size fits all – in-mould labelling

Label on Waitrose's apple juice
This article discusses mono production for large volume flexographic labelling.
Packaging Professional Magazine, 17 Jul 2009