Ahlstrom Launches Release Liner Recycling Effort in Europe
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Ahlstrom, Finland, this week announced a new initiative for recycling silicone coated paper release liners used by the pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) label industry. This sustainability initiative aims to collect silicone coated supercalendered papers (commonly known as "glassine") once they have been utilized as carriers of PSA labels by end-users, such as brand owners or retailers. Ahlstrom will collect the materials through one or more logistics partners and will recycle them into specialty paper production at its Osnabrück plant in Germany.
Glassine paper release liners will be picked-up at no cost from end-users anywhere in Germany, Belgium, Luxemburg, and the Netherlands, provided a minimum quantity of two tons per load. Avery Dennison Label and Packaging Materials Division will support this initiative and use its contacts across the value chain to make label printers and brand owners aware of the new opportunity.
Ahlstrom's recycling capacity will be sufficient to absorb release liner waste from a significant number of end-users. The initiative increases the recycling options available in the market and will help divert paper liner waste from landfill or incineration, while increasing the quantities recycled into paper.
"Thanks to Ahlstrom Osnabrück's convenient location in northwestern Germany and the support of Avery Dennison, we trust this program will offer PSA label end-users an opportunity to increase their overall environmental performance" says Daniele Borlatto, EVP, Label and Processing. "Such programs also reinforce the position of paper as a uniquely sustainable material for the PSA industry."
Ahlstrom operates five release papers production sites in Europe and South America.
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