CELAB and TLMI join forces for label release Liner Recycling Initiative

After several years of operating independent programs to research and identify recycling solutions for silicone-coated label release liners, TLMI and CELAB North America have announced a partnership to merge their efforts under a unified TLMI project called the Liner Recycling Initiative (LRI).

TLMI and its implementation partner, Resource Recycling Systems (RRS), will be reaching out to interested partners within target regions to participate in the six-month pilots. The TLMI goal for the initiative is a national recycling program for users of labels with silicone-coated paper release liner.

The pilot will be aimed at both small and large generators of silicone-coated paper release liner and built around regional end markets in the upper Midwest or the Northeast.

One of the mill operators has already tested and qualified a silicone-coated release liner, which is a major step in helping the supply chain establish best practices and developing a roadmap for generators on how to divert this material from landfills and recycle it in a high-value market.

‘The goal of the initiative is to build on the work done to date by both organizations and conduct regional pilots,’ said TLMI president Linnea Keen. ‘These regional pilots will qualify silicone-coated paper release liners with known recycling and end markets before scaling the program through a deliberate build-out. Collaboration with CELAB will expand and elevate all existing liner recycling programs and advance marketplace solutions more quickly.’

Tim Rummel, acting president of CELAB North America, added: ‘The collaboration between TLMI and CELAB, along with the proven track record of RRS, will bring significant value and focus to what each group has been working on independently.’

For more information about LRI, contact TLMI vice president of sustainability, Rosalyn Bandy (rosalyn.bandy@tlmi.com) and check and check the LRI website for upcoming announcements. You can also learn more about this initiative at the upcoming AWA/TLMI printTHINK Seminar, September 8 in Rosemont, IL and the TLMI Annual Meeting beginning September 29 in Orlando, FL.