Meeting Environmental Demands with Pressure-Sensitive Tapes
Environmental issues affect the packaging industry in two broad areas. The first is related to environmental stresses - both real and perceived - caused by the manufacture of packaging materials. The second relates to environmental stresses resulting from distribution, use and final disposal of the package itself.
Regulations concerning the former category are fairly well established and understood. The latter category, however, has only recently received attention through regulation. One packaging segment that plays a major role in this category is the use of pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes for closure, sealing, reinforcement, bundling and unitizing.