January 2021

Solution Spotlight: SmartFace™ Technology:

Avery Dennison RFID Smart Face Technology Avery Dennison RFID SmartFace™ Technology removes the PET layer and replaces it with a paper substrate, creating a recyclable solution to reduce environmental impact. SmartFace™ Technology, combined with the new 12 inch wafers, creates one of the most sustainable RFID solutions on the market.

Features

-Paraffin-free coating layer in contact with cheese

-Improved moisture exchange ensures consistent taste throughout product life-cycle

-Proven with Lactogal’s Castelões cheese

Customer benefits

-Product Freshness -Shelf-life extension: Grand Brie from 45 to 90 days

-Cost Savings - Reduction of cheese weight loss

-Easy to Run - Absence of paraffin reduces cleaning time

-More Sustainable - Extended storage time up to 12 months (6 months with paraffin)

End consumer benefits

This research is highly relevant to all stakeholders as most of them strive for higher recycling rates to reduce the environmental impact of plastic waste. Ideally, plastic food packaging is recycled into new packaging. But only limited types of packaging are suitable for circular recycling, most can only be recycled for non-food applications, and others cannot be recycled at all .

Intel has announced that it is switching out the massive boxes it uses for the Core i9 10900K for more modest packaging (via PC Watch). The large plastic and cardboard boxes it currently uses will be replaced on February 28, although it may take a while for the new packaging to filter through, and you can expect to see both types for a while. 

The graffiti argument

Graffiti is an interesting topic because its presence can divide opinion. On one hand it can be seen as an expressive form of art and on the other it is regarded as the destruction of property and can be considered an act of criminal damage (UK law). Let us compare both ‘viewpoints’...

By its very nature, molded fiber is a shock absorber. As a result, molded fiber is ideally suited to carry and protect cups, bottles and cans. Additional advantages: The carriers are made of FSC® certified recycled paper and is in turn 100% recyclable. The carriers also carry our BioWare label which means that the carriers are compostable, a comforting idea when these trays unintentionally are ending up in the nature.