Scrap does not go to landfill.
The “eco” claim on a bag starts in the film recipe, not at the checkout.
Recovery
Scrap goes back into the line.
Trim from cutting and printing is collected separately at the machine, granulated on site and fed back into product groups that do not touch food. That is both material cost and disposal cost — both of which come out of our own margin, which is why it gets attention.
- Scrap
- Recovered on site
- Gauge
- Only what the product needs
- Recipe
- Recycled resin option
- Records
- Every pallet linked to its order
The gauge question
The biggest single waste in this industry is film that is thicker than it needs to be. Buyers sometimes specify heavy gauge “to be safe”, but once the load is known the gauge follows from it. If 30 microns does the job we will not quote 60 — and we will explain why.
That position is commercial as much as environmental: lower gauge means lower unit cost. The right micron figure is less plastic and a cheaper pack at the same time.
What we actually do
- Cutting and printing trim is collected separately at each machine, never mixed.
- It is granulated on site rather than sold on as waste.
- It re-enters the line in product groups that have no food contact.
- Recycled resin content is set by the strength the product needs, group by group.
- Gauge is specified to requirement; anything beyond that is cost and waste.
What we do not claim
We do not list certificates we do not hold or practices we do not run. Ask which sustainability documentation we currently have, and what recycled content is achievable in a given product group, and you will get a specific figure rather than a claim.