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.

And the winners are...

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.