Smart Planet Technologies has joined forces with Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions to evaluate the use of its EarthCoating technology in recyclable barrier paperboard solutions.
The company, along with Newark, intends to confirm that select grades of paperboard, which can be commercially recycled as light and heavy print bleached board cuttings, are expected to provide significant economic and environmental gains.
Newark plans to lead the promotion as well as acceptance of the materials as recyclable within the recycling industry, upon confirmation of EarthCoating's recyclability.
Newark Recycled Paperboard Solutions senior vice president Johnny Gold said the recycling rates of folding cartons, paper cups, and corrugated materials all stand to benefit from Smart Planet's technology.
"EarthCoating holds the potential to address the long-standing challenge in the difficulty of processing paperboards with 100% polyethylene in the recycling stream," Gold added.