Dr Dipshikha Banerjee, who is head of technology - flexible packaging at Siegwerk, will talk about PVC-free systems which enables to improve the quality of recycled material. During the webinar, Siegwerk will focus on creating a circular economy for packaging through its solutions for the industry.

The company suggests that today, in Asia, PVC/CPP-based inks, primers and OPV’s are under the spotlight, and there is a need for brand owners, converters and inks suppliers to cooperate in the switch of PVC solutions. The webinar will also emphasise on why the change to PVC is essential and how it benefits the recycling process, and also its pros and cons.

The webinar will talk about what drives PVC/CPP inks. These include their sustainability status in general, and started on substrates (in case of PVC) and now developing on inks. The impact of PVC inks in mechanical recycling, is also a pillar of packaging sustainability strategies.

Banerjee focused, “Flexible packaging has long been vilified, as it is harder to collect and recycle compared to even rigid plastics. This can be solved by using more recyclable materials - the trend of paperization, and secondly, improving recyclability of flexible plastic packaging - improving circularity. The shift to mono-materials and the use of de-inkable inks and de-inking solutions to improve the quality of recyclates are the game changers in this.”