UPM Raflatac and Labelexpo partner to turn waste into a resource

At Labelexpo Americas 2016, UPM Raflatac is offering exhibiting label converters an option to responsibly dispose of their label, matrix and liner waste, and give it a new life in the form of energy.

UPM Raflatac and Labelexpo partner to turn waste into a resource

UPM Raflatac is partnering with Labelexpo Americas this year to provide this option in response to the challenge in the industry to responsibly manage waste and keep it from being landfilled.

Show attendees are also invited to visit UPM Raflatac’s waste collection feature area on stand 1245, where they can find more information and talk to company experts. UPM Raflatac is exhibiting on stand 729.

Tyler Matusevich, sustainability specialist at UPM Raflatac, explained: ‘UPM Raflatac is a frontrunner in providing solutions for managing label waste, and we look forward to partnering with our customers and their end users on our road towards “zero waste to landfill” and promoting recycling.

‘We will collect their label waste and showcase it in our feature area. This will provide perspective that there are a lot of opportunities to utilize label waste as a resource to make new products or energy.’