PIDA 2023: Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year

• Less material consumption (No label feed or waste stripping)

• Avoidance of torn backing paper

• Less warehousing space

Both thermal transfer and direct thermal methods are available for printing variable data on the labels, and labels can also be pre-printed in colour using traditional processes, such flexographic or digital techniques.

Mono Material Advancements

And the winners are...

Labelling

And the winners are...

The Silver winner was RafCycle by UPM Raflatac . Topping the category with the Gold was Herma InNo Liner Labelling by Result Group and Hanes Australasia .

About the Gold winner: Herma InNo Liner is a new labelling system that enables more eco-friendly packaging through shipping labels that do not contain any liner material. The system is completely recyclable, has no liners, and is silicone-free.

A huge amount of waste is avoided because the HERMA InNo-Liner system can drastically minimise the entire climate-relevant CO2 footprint of labels – by managing the material without any silicon release liner material or even coating, they are 100 per cent removed.

Benefits of Liners compared to self-adhesive labels include:

• Reducing shipping costs by 50 per cent

• Using less down time for the manufacturing process

• Minimising waste sent to landfill

• Saving on storage space

• The saving of the release liner alone ensures 45% less CO2 emissions compared to self-adhesive labels.

• No liner waste and therefore no waste disposal costs

• Lower transport volume and weight and therefore reduced CO2 emissions

• More material on each roll and therefore fewer roll changes

The Bronze winner was Store Operations Fruit & Vegetable PE film by Woolworths Group , while the Silver winner was JBS Swift Lamb Cutlets CRYOVAC Darfesh Mono-PET rollstock by Sealed Air .

The Gold winner was Australian Organic Food Co. Minestrone Soup mono material retort pouch by Flavour Makers and Toppan Inc .

About the Gold winner:

The Australian Organic Food Co Soup package is Australia's first 100 per cent recycle-ready highbarrier mono-material retort pouch that is suitable for heat sterilisation was completely underpinned by material science innovation. This entry is really about the utilisation of break-through materials. The new structure is OPP 20μm, (Barrier) OPP 20μm, CPP80μm. Although the finished product may look and feel like a traditional pouch, everything is different. Maintaining print registration on OPP requires greater precision and attention to tension control. The Toppan team have achieved perfect print registration on this package.