Fedrigoni launches the Re-Play range and brings it to Avant-Garde 2023

Whenever a self-adhesive label is applied, the siliconized glassine backing reaches its end of life and becomes waste. However, this material is high-quality, composed of the purest fibers with important mechanical properties. A waste of resources and value that prompted Fedrigoni Self-Adhesives to study solutions to recover it. The result is the Re-play range. Solutions that go beyond recycling, where waste becomes valuable and is transformed into a more precious material with a lower environmental impact.

Indeed, once used and discarded, the siliconized glassine is collected from end users and reintroduced, as raw material, in the production process to become an integral part, up to 20%, of the facestock.

This premium range of self-adhesive materials signed Manter by Fedrigoni Self-Adhesives is the first example of upcycling in the labelling industry, based on a closed-loop recycling system. To recycle the collected glassine, the Group has sealed an exclusive partnership with Les Papeteries de Clairefontaine, which possesses a low-temperature repulping process powered by biomass. The glassine paper added to white wastepaper results in a high-quality product without needing de-inking processes and registering significant raw material savings. A true revolution which involves the end customer in a virtuous process.