UPM Raflatac collecting waste for recycling at Labelexpo Americas

The materials supplier is offering companies exhibiting at Labelexpo Americas 2016 an option to dispose of their label, matrix and liner waste generated at the show. UPM Raflatac will recycle the collected waste and turn it to energy.

UPM Raflatac collecting waste at Labelexpo

The label material collected at the show will be incinerated, and the steam it produces will be collected into energy and put back in the power grid, explained UPM Raflatac sustainability specialist Tyler Matusevich.

‘We want to showcase that there are alternative means of responsible disposal aside from the landfill,’ Matusevich said. ‘Labels are a small part of the actual package. Customers are already taking action to reduce the rest of the package and labels are the next step in the value chain.’

Labelexpo Americas 2016 exhibitors can drop off their label waste at UPM Raflatac booth 1245. The company is exhibiting at booth 729.

‘This will provide perspective that there are a lot of opportunities to utilize label waste as a resource to make new products or energy,’ Matusevich said.

 

Chelsea McDougall

  • Group managing editor