What Was, What's New, and What's Next in Corrugating Adhesives: Sustainability and recyclability continue to be critical for adhesives in packaging applications, as does the need to continually improve efficiency and reduce cost.

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  • Author(s): Skuratowicz, Roman
  • Source:
    Adhesives & Sealants Industry. Sep2020, Vol. 27 Issue 9, p24-32. 8p.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ADHESIVES; BIG box stores; LOCAL delivery services; MATERIALS science; SUSTAINABILITY
    • Abstract:
      The article focuses on the sustainability and recyclability which continue to be critical for adhesives in packaging applications, as the need to continually improve efficiency and reduce cost. Topics discussed include retail driven growth from stores, large package shipping companies, and even from home food delivery are all driven and impacted by the corrugating industry; and old corrugated containers (OCCs) can collected and sent to recycle mills to be reprocessed into paper and reused.