Harpak-ULMA introduces PaperSeal packaging technology

Harpak-ULMA, a provider of complete packaging line solutions for food, medical, bakery and industrial products, has announced the launch of its innovative PaperSeal packaging technology as part of the company’s initiative to fundamentally rethink packaging systems to promote green packaging alternatives across the food industry. Public concerns, regulatory actions, and influential consumer trends such as eCommerce highlight the hefty environmental price of single-use packaging waste. Consumers have strongly embraced ubiquitous, convenient single-use packaging, and proponents point to its role in minimizing food waste and maintaining freshness at low cost. Replacing traditional substrates with plastics better accommodates consumers’ demand for convenience, but much of today’s multi-material packaging cannot be reprocessed with existing recycling systems. The complexity and challenges associated with plastics recovery emphasize the importance of reducing overall plastics volume by substituting innovative, renewable single-use packaging material and methods. Structural impediments in the current industry supply chain can impair the adoption of sustainable packaging materials and methods, explained Jerry Rundle, vice president of Sales for Harpak-ULMA’s tray packaging lines. “Entrenched producers are using hundreds of millions…

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