Companies are rethinking their sustainability initiatives to include adhesives and packaging.

In the past, adhesives were left as an afterthought when it came to packaging and sustainability, since they make up such a small percentage of the actual packaging.  Adhesives are incredibly important in packaging, not only because they hold things together, but because the choice of adhesive can determine whether a package is actually recyclable or not.  If the adhesive cannot be recycled, neither can the packaging.

According to this report, an industry risk rating is defined as “the difficulty, or otherwise, of the business operating environment.”  In other words, what problems and situations can arise while owning or operating an adhesive manufacturing business.

New Year’s Resolutions are notoriously broken by most, but we’ve decided to make a list of promises we know we can keep.  The proof lies in our 85 years of uninterrupted animal hide glue manufacturing in the United States.

Adhesives and Packaging

A recent article from Food and Beverage Packaging Magazine on December 5, 2011 spoke about packaging adhesives turning greener to follow the trend of the packaging industry.  The article says that the packaging industry as a whole is farther ahead of the adhesives industry in terms of environmental matters.  However, it brings up an important point about the role adhesives play in packaging sustainability.