Graphic Packaging Replaces Plastic With Paperboard Fiber-based consumer packaging producer Graph- ic Packaging International has launched its KeelClip packaging solution in the United States with the in- stallation of a KeelClip 1600 multipacking machine at Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages’ Elmsford, New York, production facility. The equipment — the first to be installed in the United States following an expansion throughout Europe — is a sustainable packaging system for multipacks of cans. The solution uses fiber-based packaging for can multipacks, eliminating the need for plastic rings and shrink wrap. It is estimated that KeelClip technology saved more than 3 million pounds of plastic in 2021 alone, and has been used with more than 550 million packs worldwide. Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages, the local Coca-Cola bottler for the northeastern United States Pennsyl- vania, New Jersey, and New York markets, is utiliz- ing KeelClip technology to improve sustainability across its entire distribution footprint. The instal- lation of the KeelClip 1600 machinery means the sustainable fiber-based packaging solution can be supplied to markets in New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Delaware. This transition will reportedly remove 75,000 pounds of plastic packaging per year from the supply chain for ap- proximately 3.1 million cases. Avery Dennison Enables Rigid Plastic Recycling Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials has introduced an innovation that reportedly ex- tends the benefits of CleanFlake technology to its core film portfolio, combining with our HDPE recy- cling compatibility. With the next generation AD CleanFlake Portfo- lio, Avery Dennison says it will become the first label manufacturer to enable rigid plastic recycling across its film portfolio, providing brands and con- verters solutions that support recycling processes without compromising performance to meet sus- tainability goals. AD CleanFlake technology is recognized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers, European PET Bot- tle Platform and Recyclass, for enabling recycling by working with the rigid plastic recycling process- es to either remove cleanly (PET) or stay with the package (HDPE), resulting in good quality flakes, the conservation of virgin resources, and less land- fill waste.
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