Your choice of label for glass packaging plays
an important role in reducing contamination
and improving the glass recycling yield.
The evolving regulatory landscape presents a challenge in choosing the right label that enables recycling. While the glass recycling process is already well established, there is an opportunity to advance rules on recycling various types of glass containers that will improve the yield and the quality of recycled glass.
On this page, we offer you guidance on selecting suitable pressure-sensitive labels for glass packaging that enable recycling and reuse, reduce material consumption, and advance the circular economy.
Labels need to remain attached and legible for the duration of a product’s life. Conditions and duration vary from one application to the next and determine a label’s specific performance requirements. Factors to consider include the end use for the packaging; temperature and moisture level; product lifetime; food contact; printing technology; and aesthetics and branding.
To help reduce the environmental impact of packaging and comply with design for recycling guidelines, labels must be designed with circularity in mind. This can be achieved by using EcoDesign principles to create labels that enable recycling and reuse, incorporate recycled content, reduce resource consumption, and are sourced responsibly.
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Sustainability Goal: Recyclability (based on European design for recycling guidelines) |
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Local guidelines
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Sustainability Goal: Reduce carbon footprint |
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Reduced
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Labels made with less natural resources, such as oil, water and/or trees*
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Recycled
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Labels made with materials from post-consumer or post-industrial waste streams or with bio-circular content*
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Reuse
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Labels that can be easily and cleanly removed from packaging or that stick for multiple washing cycles
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MultiCycle™
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* These factors, as well as weight, country of origin, and more, influence extended producer responsibility (EPR) fees. Check your local guidelines for details.
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