Is it time to stop using glue and labels on paper?
Labels and adhesives can prevent paper from being recycled but there's new tech aimed at changing that.
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"There are not really many paper sealing technologies without any foreign materials, so it's a great technology and we feel it's likely that we can bring it to market."
— Fabian Kayatz , Academic
"We are really actively at the moment in discussion with several really big players in the market with the focus of bringing this technology into mass production."
— Michael Baumann , Executive
"The packaging industry has existing machines which are all designed for glue materials. Some kind of redesign is probably necessary, and this is our biggest challenge."
— Volker Franke , Academic
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Labels and adhesives can prevent paper from being recycled but there's new tech aimed at changing that.
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