UPM signs contract with Aliplast

This partnership expands Aliplast’s recycling services to polypropylene and paper-based release liners through UPM Raflatac’s RafCycle®

waste management concept. Aliplast now collects, sorts and distributes

all types of release liner to different recycling processes, avoiding

landfill or incineration.

Large collection bags are installed by Aliplast for use by

self-adhesive label end-users like drinks bottlers and companies from

the food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical industries. Aliplast collects

the bags regularly and directs them to its two sorting centres near

Strasbourg and Lyon. After sorting, the waste is transported to its

final place of re-use.

Aliplast also collects paper-based release liners for fibre re-use. The

recovered paper liners are re-pulped and de-siliconized, and the pulp

is used for papermaking at UPM’s paper mills.

Through the partnership with Aliplast, UPM Raflatac has extended the

reach of its RafCycle concept to even more label end-users. This service provides a sustainable solution for recycling paper and film

release liners, reducing the environmental impact and bringing down

waste management costs. By giving release liner a second life, UPM is

making yet another advance in the sustainable management of the

labelstock lifecycle.