Emsur launches fully recyclable shrink sleeves

During the recycling process, many shrink sleeves are removed from the bottles at the washing stage to avoid contamination of the PET flakes that are later used in the post-consumer recycling flow. 

The new Ecoem-Sleeves range provides different types of sustainable technologies, including the Ecoem-Full PET Sleeve based on a combination of films and washable inks designed to simplify the recycling process by avoiding any kind of residues or contamination. 

‘This new product line, based on eco-design principles, features a combination of PET-based films and washable inks, which can be mixed and recycled with PET bottles without any clumping of residues or interruption in the drying and decontamination process. In addition, this product can be manufactured with post-consumer recycled content and has APR certification for washable inks, preventing discoloration of the flakes from the recycled PET bottles,’ said the company in a statement.

Another of the notable products in the new range is Emfull, a polyolefin-based sleeve option whose floatability properties allow the sleeve to be separated directly from the bottle during the washing phase of the recycling process.

This product range also features different materials such as PETG, with available post-consumer recycled content and various types of finishes such as high gloss or matt, transparent and other differentiating elements such as holographic effects, glow-in-the-dark pigments, gold and silver inks, etc. 

Any other material can be used in combination with these bottles thanks to the option of micro-perforation, which means that the bottles are also recyclable with consumer interaction.