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Sustainability

6 articles

Baled waste cardboard packaging stacked on wooden pallets
SustainabilityBuying guide

Packaging EPR for distributors: who reports what, and where corrugated sits

The thresholds that make a business obligated, which activity catches a distributor, what corrugated costs per tonne, and why that is not the same as per pack.

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A close-up of a recycling mark printed in black ink on kraft corrugated board
PartnersPrint

Water-based flexo inks: what we print with and why it matters

The inks we print corrugated with come from Antonine, a UK manufacturer. What water-based flexo ink is, why it recycles, and what else the range can do.

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Molten hot-melt adhesive running over the roller and tray of a gluing unit
PartnersSustainability

The carbon-negative hot melt holding our boxes together

Technomelt Supra ECO, the Henkel adhesive we buy through Interlock: 81% renewable content, a negative cradle-to-gate footprint, and what that really means.

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Large reels of paper standing in a mill, of the kind converted into silicone release liner
PartnersPeel and seal

Techlan Re-Liner reviewed: the recycled liner behind our peel and seal

A look at Techlan's Re-Liner recycled silicone release liner, the paper you peel off a seal strip, and why a recycled liner is worth specifying.

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Used plastic bottles, film and trays sorted for recycling, the packaging the tax applies to
SustainabilityBuying guide

Plastic packaging tax: what it means when customers switch to corrugated

How UK plastic packaging tax works, when a pack counts as plastic, and what actually changes for distributors whose customers move from plastic to corrugated.

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A stack of plain unprinted kraft corrugated blanks in front of the print and slotting units of a converting line
SustainabilityCorrugated

Recyclable packaging: why corrugated leads and where it can fall down

Why corrugated is the most recycled transit packaging in the UK, what takes a box out of the loop, and how to specify packs that stay recyclable.

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