Avery Dennison has successfully achieved OK Compost certification for a BPA-free and FSC-certified thermal label material combined with the brand new adhesive SX6030, offering brands new options to more sustainable packaging.

Jennifer Bijkerk, development engineer, said: “This new material, under product reference BW099 (Thermal Eco BPA Free FSC SX6030-BG40WH FSC) uses a new facestock/adhesive combination to ensure a robust and practical material that needs no special storage conditions and which has a normal shelf life.”

One of the main application for BW099 will be labeling of compostable food packaging.

The main application for BW099 will be labeling of compostable food packaging and compostable plastic bags, especially last minute direct printed labels for fruit and vegetables that are weighed and packed by consumers in the supermarket.

Rapidly spreading bans on single-use plastics also means there is a drive towards using compostable carrier bags and other packaging, all of which will require a compostable label.

Luuk Zonneveld, product manager select Solutions, Avery Dennison, said that the new material is available at 2m width and with optimized production efficiency to support the broader demands of the market. “We have been able to use conventional technology to produce this innovation, by creating a unique facestock/adhesive combination, and work is already well underway towards expanding our compostable range with more certified products.”

Avery Dennison has successfully achieved OK Compost certification for a BPA-free and FSC-certified thermal label material combined with the brand new adhesive SX6030, offering brands new options to more sustainable packaging.

Jennifer Bijkerk, development engineer, said: “This new material, under product reference BW099 (Thermal Eco BPA Free FSC SX6030-BG40WH FSC) uses a new facestock/adhesive combination to ensure a robust and practical material that needs no special storage conditions and which has a normal shelf life.”

One of the main application for BW099 will be labeling of compostable food packaging.

The main application for BW099 will be labeling of compostable food packaging and compostable plastic bags, especially last minute direct printed labels for fruit and vegetables that are weighed and packed by consumers in the supermarket.

Rapidly spreading bans on single-use plastics also means there is a drive towards using compostable carrier bags and other packaging, all of which will require a compostable label.

Luuk Zonneveld, product manager select Solutions, Avery Dennison, said that the new material is available at 2m width and with optimized production efficiency to support the broader demands of the market. “We have been able to use conventional technology to produce this innovation, by creating a unique facestock/adhesive combination, and work is already well underway towards expanding our compostable range with more certified products.”