Dow and partners debut pouch-to-pouch recycling concept
Dow Packaging and Specialty Plastics, a business unit of Dow, and HP Indigo, Reifenhäuser, Cadel Deinking and Karlville, have debuted a first-of-its-kind pouch-to-pouch mechanical recycling concept.
It uses a multi-stage process to contribute to a circular economy for digitally printed pouches. Starting with a polyethylene (PE)-based barrier food pouch designed for recyclability, the project team has used mechanical recycling and de-inking to create a high-quality dishwasher MDO-PE pouch containing 30% recycled contents and being itself suitable for recycling.