Nelson, Lancashire -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/17/2015 -- Recent news from the US emphasizes that not only can shrink wrap be used as an innovative form of packaging; it can also be incorporated into a sustainable recycling scheme. Since it began in 2006, the Ohio Clean Marinas Recycling Programme has allowed for more than £2.2 million worth of shrink wrap to be recycled. The recycled wrap is then utilised to create other plastic products such as guardrail blocks, used to protect roads. In short, this single recycling programme has allowed for an effort which has equated to the equivalent of 47 buses' worth of shrink wrap being recycled and 412 miles of roadway protected by the guardrail blocks formed as a result.
Therefore, shrink wrap could be seen as holding prime potential to be used as a sustainable, constructive packaging solution due to its suitability for a diversity of needs – from packaging food stuffs to providing a protective coating for moored boats. Shrink wrap has extensive benefits which can suit a number of applications. Therefore, the ability to recycle the wrap is a step further in its positive usage.
About Adpak Machinery Systems Ltd
Adpak Machinery Systems Ltd are key providers in new and used shrink wrap machinery, as well as experts regarding the protective polymer film. They are also frequent commentators in industry news and were quick to reflect in light of the US figures.
"We think that the efforts to incorporate shrink wrap into recycling schemes in the US are a great incentive" A spokesperson said "This highlights how shrink wrap can be used substantially, yet sustainably. The possible environmental benefits of packaging in this way can be expanded when companies have their own means of packaging – like a shrink wrap machine – it means production and packaging can be efficiently carried out in the same place, rather than transported from producer to packer. This is just one example of how time and miles can be saved by shrink wrap and the factor of sustainability upheld."
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Adpak
Company name: AdPak
Tel: 01282 601444
Website: www.adpakmachinerysystemsltd.co.uk
Contact person: Tina Turner
Email: tina@adpak.co.uk
Address: 3 Pendleside
Lomeshaye Industrial Estate
Nelson
BB9 6RY