{"id":109764,"date":"2025-12-11T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T14:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=109764"},"modified":"2025-12-11T10:28:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T09:28:55","slug":"upm-circular-renewable-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/upm-circular-renewable-black\/","title":{"rendered":"UPM develops bio-based, recyclable black colourant"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPM has developed a bio-based, black colourant for premium packaging that is recyclable and can be recycled by means of Near infrared<\/b>-technology (NIR) in the sorting plants.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Black packaging has always been considered a challenge for recycling, as conventional pigments are based on carbon black and are invisible to near-infrared sensors in sorting plants. With the launch of UPM Circular Renewable Black, UPM is now setting a new standard: the world's first bio-based, NIR-detectable and CO\u2082-negative black colourant for premium packaging is fully recyclable and opens up design scope for sustainable branding.<\/p>\n

Design makes the circular economy possible<\/h2>\n

The colourant is based on lignin, a natural polymer from wood, and, according to the company, meets the requirements of leading sustainability standards such as FSC, PEFC and ISCC Plus. Packaging coloured with UPM Circular Renewable Black is not only easy to sort, but also offers a high-quality appearance thanks to its deep, rich colour.<\/p>

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\u201eWe show that design standards and sustainability don't have to be mutually exclusive, but can complement each other perfectly.\u201c<\/p>\n

Robert Marx<\/strong>, Vice President Commercial at UPM Biorefining<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The innovation is further evidence of UPM's endeavour to deliver science-based solutions for the transformation to a circular bioeconomy.<\/p>\n

Part of the Leuna biorefinery project<\/h2>\n

UPM Circular Renewable Black is part of a broader portfolio of CO\u2082-negative products that will be produced in the company's new biorefinery in Leuna (Saxony-Anhalt). The 1.3 billion euro industrial site is considered one of the most ambitious investment projects for bio-based chemicals in Europe. Sustainably sourced hardwood is converted into bio-based raw materials there - a significant step towards reducing fossil raw materials in packaging and other industries.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/em> UPM<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UPM launches Circular Renewable Black, the first bio-based, NIR-detectable and CO\u2082-negative black colourant for recyclable packaging.","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":109765,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"UPM bringt mit Circular Renewable Black den ersten biobasierten, NIR-erkennbaren schwarzen Farbstoff f\u00fcr recyclingf\u00e4hige Verpackungen auf den Markt.","rank_math_focus_keyword":"UPM","rank_math_title":"","csco_display_header_overlay":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[58781],"tags":[65,31,32,60586,59657],"class_list":{"0":"post-109764","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-green-packaging","8":"tag-abfalltechnik-und-recycling","9":"tag-nachhaltigkeit-und-green-packaging","10":"tag-packmittel-und-packstoffe","11":"tag-pj_home","12":"tag-upm","13":"cs-entry","14":"cs-video-wrap"},"acf":[],"vimeo_video":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}