{"id":64460,"date":"2022-06-27T15:55:51","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T13:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=64460"},"modified":"2022-06-28T08:45:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T06:45:47","slug":"creative-exchange-at-the-recycling-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/kreativer-austausch-beim-recycling-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative exchange at the recycling workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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How do you design sustainable and recyclable packaging from start to finish? This was one of the questions addressed at the STI Group workshop in Lauterbach. Under the title \u201eDesign for\/from Recycling\u201c, experts along the value chain came together on 21 and 22 June to discuss the status quo of fibre-based packaging and creative and innovative solutions that could be used in the future.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The project started where packaging recycling takes place in practice: The Jass paper mill<\/a> opened its factory gates in Fulda for the workshop participants. Here, packaging waste in the form of waste paper is reprocessed into the raw material recycled paper. This insight makes the Advantages of fibre-based materials for the circular economy<\/strong> clearly. At the same time, there is also a concrete need for optimisation.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Composite materials made of fibres and plastics in particular are causing problems in the recycling cycle today. For Lydia Tempel from the Paper Technology Foundation (PTS)<\/a> The key to optimised recycling lies in the design, because the Material selection influences recyclability<\/strong> decisive. However, consumers also play an important role, as they are the ones who have to dispose of packaging correctly.<\/p>

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How concepts for avoiding plastic in fibre-based packaging and optimising it for recycling are implemented in practice was demonstrated by the STI Group<\/a> with concrete examples of solutions. In doing so, she focussed on Printing technology solutions as alternatives to the still common use of plastic films<\/strong> in the finishing area or as a grease and moisture barrier.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Packaging designers Uwe Melichar (Melichar Bros.) and Andreas Milk (Milk Kommunikation) presented the workshop participants with the latest trends and materials in packaging design<\/strong>. They discussed packaging based on mushroom cultures, films made from organic materials and the trend towards paper bottles. With \u201esoupa soup\u201c, Andreas Milk showed his agency's approach to launching a ready-made soup on the market where the primary packaging based on algae is simply eaten with the soup.<\/p>