by admin | Mar 27, 2011 | Environmental Green
Label Stock from Corn!
PLA is a revolutionary product that will help reduce the environmental impact of labels, packaging, and many other products. PLA is not made from trees (like paper) or made from petroleum derivatives (like most film labels). So what is it?
PLA is an abbreviation for PolyLacticAcid. It is a compostable film which allows many more options to keep labels and packaging out of the landfill. Rose City Label has recently partnered with a prominent recycling firm in the Northwest to independently test the breakdown of PLA in the composting process over time – we will provide more on these results in the future — but WHAT IS IT?
PLA is made from ‘ingeo’ – which is a plastic pellet derived from corn by NatureWorks LLC. NatureWorks does not divert a significant amount of corn from the world food supply in making ingeo, but the company is still working to use other raw materials to create whatever the ‘next ingeo’ might be. Click here to learn more about NatureWorks.
Plastic Suppliers then converts the ingeo into a 2.o mil white or clear labelstock. This patented product is called ‘EarthFirstPLA Film’ and it is the first product of its kind in the label industry. Read more about Plastic Suppliers and EarthFirst here.
Next, the PLA film is sold to a Roll Stock company that coats the film with adhesive and a backing (liner). We typically buy our PLA label stock from Technicote, but others are working with the EarthFirst film as well. Learn more about Technicote here.
Finally, we (Rose City Label) print, diecut, and prepare the final labels for delivery to you, the eco-friendly customer!
That’s a complex production process, but really not much different than all the other label materials we print every day. As the demand for these products grow, we will continue to carry more compostable, recycled, and other eco-friendly products.
Call us today to find out if these products can help reduce your environmental impact. We are ready to help.
by admin | Nov 1, 2010 | Environmental Green
Rose City Label continues our ongoing commitment to the environment by diverting old electronics from the landfill to certified green recycling centers. Here was the latest load:
- 3 Printers
- 2 Scanners
- 3 CRT Monitors
- 3 Desktop PC towers
- UPS Battery Backup
All these electronics will be broken down and reused as parts in refurbished electronics. The components that can’t be recovered will be disposed of in an eco-friendly manner. Check back here frequently to see more of how we contribute to a more sustainable business community.
Thanks for your support!
by admin | Aug 20, 2010 | Environmental Green
After many quotes and interesting inquiries, we are proud to announce that the first live job on the amazing EarthFIRST PLA material has shipped. Pastini, the progressive Portland food company, has created this label to go on their PLA food containers. This way, the entire package, including the label, will be compostable and will divert waste from the landfill. We applaud our customer for this progressive packaging decision.
Like Pastini, Rose City Label is committed to being a good corporate citizen and to protecting the environment. More than a year ago, we were recognized by Clackamas County as a BRAG certified green business, and we continue to try to find new ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle.
Learn more about Pastini and their amazing food by clicking here.
EarthFIRST PLA is an entirely tree-free label stock that is will break down in a composting process.
For more information, please call us today!
by admin | Mar 16, 2009 | Company News, Environmental Green
Rose City Label continues to walk the green talk when it comes to reducing our waste. We took advantage of the new free Oregon E-Cycling program which is offered by the DEQ. This great program allows businesses and individuals to recycle old electronics at local Good Will donation sites.
This Goodwill trailer now accepts many types of Computer CPUs and Monitors, as well as TVs, all for free!
Of course all data was wiped from the hard drives by us prior to recycling, so none of our business or customer data was compromised.
Four old CPU Towers and Monitors, as well as a UPS power supply and assorted keyboards and mice were diverted from the landfill on this trip – thanks to Oregon E-Cycles for making it easy to be GREEN!
www.oregonecycles.org has all the details!
Thanks for continuing to read and to support our efforts to be a more GREEN company!
