Flexible packaging has always been a smart packaging choice for consumers and brand owners when comparing its inherent attributes to other options for the below reasons. But when the product has been consumed and the stand up pouches or bags are empty, the flexible packaging ends up in the waste stream and ultimately a landfill because multi-material laminates cannot be effectively or efficiently recycled.
Recyclable Flexible Packaging – The Challenge
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As, recyclable packaging suppliers, LPS Industries understand the buying habits of a growing number of consumers across all demographics are being influenced by sustainable practices and eco-friendly, recyclable packaging. These consumers also do not want to give up the convenience, protection and features they have come to expect from flexible packaging. It’s important for brand owners to be responsive to these dynamics – the question is how.
LPS Industries’ 100% Recyclable Film – The Solution
LPS Industries’ new multi-layer 100% recyclable film is used to create flexible packaging solutions such as recyclable stand up pouches and bags or recyclable roll stock that delivers all the critical requirements. Survey after survey shows consumers prefer brands that use environmentally friendly packaging. Now, for the first time, your brand can be packaged in 100% recyclable packaging that offers the protection and convenience consumers have come to expect with the eye-catching graphics that will help you stand out on the shelf.
The ongoing growth of flexible packaging continues unchecked with almost 4 of every 10 packages of any design or material type sold in 2017 being flexible packaging. Customers have repeatedly indicated a preference in surveys for sustainable packaging and are willing to pay a premium for it. As a brand owner, you can be on the forefront of the curve, responding to what your customers want, fulfilling your corporate sustainability goals and owning the role of influencer in your market segment with with LPS Industries as your recyclable packaging supplier.
How Does LPS Industries’ 100% Recyclable Flexible Packaging Solve the Challenge?
• Responds to the increasing consumer demand for more sustainable and environmentally friendly packaging
• Our recyclable stand up pouches and bags meet the challenges of brand owners desiring recyclable packaging because they value sustainable practices and want to be responsive to consumers
• Responds to consumer cohorts that place great importance on the performance, convenience, transparency and structural integrity that has previously been achievable only with flexible packaging made from multiple layers of different types of films that are not recyclable
• Our 100% recyclable packaging is constructed entirely from supported polyethylene, recyclable at the over 18,000 current retail drop-off locations in North America
• The outer layer (print side) is engineered to accept clear, sharp, eye-catching printing and the combination of the sealant layer with the print layer creates the structural “backbone” to present well on the shelf in a stand-up pouch format.
Other Attributes of Recyclable Stand Up Pouches and Bags:
• Made in the USA
• Made with solar power
• Good contact clarity
• Good stiffness
• Variety of security features and zipper closures available
Why LPS Industries as Your Recyclable Packaging Supplier?
• ISO 9001:2015 certified flexible packaging manufacturing quality
• Moisture and oxygen protection comparable to the non-recyclable, multilayer mixed film constructions that have been the standard in the industry
• Experience in the numerous markets recyclable films complement, including food, snacks, pet food, pet treats and consumer products
• LPS Industries’ recyclable stand up pouches and bags are FDA certified for food contact
All our recyclable flexible packaging, including our 100% recyclable stand up pouches, bags and roll stock, is produced using a solventless lamination process to reduce the risk of accidental release of solvents into the environment while enhancing worker safety because there is no exposure to VOC’s. Solventless lamination also prevents the aroma and flavor of the contents from being potentially impacted by the transmission of solvent based adhesive fumes into the package.
Contact us to learn how you can be on the front of the curve with environmentally friendly, flexible, and 100% recyclable packaging solutions.