Adhesive specialist Tesa has recently added a paper-based tear strip to its portfolio. The Tesa 51344 can be placed in the waste paper stream and is primarily aimed at the e-commerce industry.
The shipping business is booming. According to Statista, over 159 billion parcels were sent worldwide in 2021. A volume of 256 billion parcels is expected by 2027, which corresponds to an annual growth rate of 8.5 per cent. The downside of Online shopping and orders Free delivery: tonnes of cardboard and paper waste that is not disposed of correctly. Filling materials and adhesive tapes often end up in the waste paper and have to be meticulously separated before recycling processes are even possible. Complete recyclability can only be achieved through the use of monomaterials. This is where Tesa with its new product solution Tesa 51344.
This is a paper-based tear strip for envelopes and cartons. The paper backing of the adhesive tape is coated with an adhesive that ensures reliable adhesion even on cardboard with a high recycled content. According to the company, once the packaging has been disposed of, the adhesive tape can be recycled together with the packaging material.
"With this new product solution, we are offering our customers a fully integrated and more sustainable solution for the production of packaging and shipping cartons. We produce Tesa 51344 without solvents, the paper used for the backing comes from controlled sources", says Frank Domann, Corporate Marketing Director Industrial Markets at Tesa. "The development of products that contribute to sustainability is a strategically important goal for Tesa. And we also want to support our customers and partners in achieving their sustainability goals. With Tesa 51344, our customers get a more sustainable product for their manufacturing processAt the same time, we are improving the eco-balance of shipping cartons and envelopes."
The fact that Tesa 51344 is recyclable and can therefore be disposed of with the cardboard material is also confirmed by the recyclability test in accordance with PTS-RH 021:2012. This method is used to determine the content of dissolved, colloidal and suspended substances in the aqueous phase of the fibre suspension after dissolution using a laboratory scale. In the further development phase, Tesa 51344 also passed several application tests with different types of cardboard and corrugated cardboard. The adhesive tape impressed in the tests with its high adhesive strength and reliable opening behaviour.
Source: Tesa SE
