FEATURE Packaging & Logistics
Getting creative with the EcoShield Heat-Sealable Paper
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ociety is weary of all the plastic waste piling up from the heavy packaging demands of our consumer age. On the regulatory side, plastic bag bans, fees and taxes are increasing and making users think twice about plastic packaging. These attitudes serve as an impetus for increased use of a bio-based, responsibly-sourced, and recyclable material – paper – as an alternative.
Fitting in beautifully with this need for bags and other forms of three-dimensional packaging, Cortec’s EcoShield Heat Sealable Paper off ers a recyclable, versatile option. It is a packaging product coated with a water-based heat-sealable adhesive coating, which forms seams when the paper is heated together with the coated sides. Typical seal strength is 1.2 ± 0.3lb/ in (5.2 ± 1.3N/25.4mm) per ASTM F88-99. This sealing feature allows the user to create countless customised packaging confi gurations, from bags and sleeves, to bands, tags and more-creative shapes and formats.
The coating is non-hazardous and pulpable, and EcoShield Heat Sealable Paper can be disposed and reprocessed through standard recycling methods. This is a huge advantage over the many single-use plastic bags that come in kits or shipping boxes and must be thrown away once they have been opened.
For further customisation and branding, the paper can be printed with company names and logos.
Many great ways with it There are many great ways that EcoShield Heat Sealable Paper can serve as a recyclable alternative to plastic. Possible uses include packaging items that often rely on plastic bags, such as: • Board game pieces • Craft materials
• Do-it-yourself assembly kit parts • Nuts, bolts, and other small components
• Bulk items being downsized into smaller units • Home and garden items • Offi ce supplies, and
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• Other consumer or industrial goods The list goes on, even to include certain
concrete mixing situations or similar applications where the entire package can be used into a larger mixture, allowing the paper to disintegrate and release the contents.
A growing concern In an age where plastic pollution is a growing concern, the call for sustainability and environmental responsibility is sending producers searching for other options. EcoShield Heat Sealable Paper is one of those products that opens the door to an entire world of creative packaging potential and recyclable alternatives to single-use plastic bags. Contact Cortec to learn more about using EcoShield Heat Sealable Paper to replace plastic in your packaging application.
CONTACT:
Cortec
www.cortecpackaging.com
Top to bottom: EcoShield Heat Sealable Paper is a packaging product coated with a water-based heat-sealable adhesive coating, which forms seams when the paper is heated with the coated sides
together, allowing countless customised packaging configurations
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