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Afera Releases New Position Paper: Impact of Release Paper Liner Colour on Material Circularity

Posted on: 22 June 2023 Afera, the European adhesive tape association, has released a new position paper “Colour of paper release liner of adhesive tapes: Impact on material circularity” as part of the work undertaken by the Waste Management Workstream of Afera’s Flagship Sustainability Project (AFSP).

Clever design makes sticky tape that's strong but easily removed

Posted on: 22 June 2023 A ‘shocklingly simple’ design based on kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, makes sticky tape 60 times stronger, but easy to peel off in one direction

Eco-design of adhesive tapes: Afera sustainability story published for German engineers

Posted on: 19 June 2023 Afera’s sustainability story on the “Eco-Design of Adhesive Tapes” has been published in the latest issue of the German-language technical magazine DICHT!.

E.U. demands that smartphone batteries be easily replaceable, putting pressure on the likes of Apple, Samsung

Posted on: 16 June 2023 Apple, Samsung, and other phone makers, irrespective of their devices being priced at a higher range than others, all ship with non-removable batteries.

More than 165 participants attend Afera and IVK Webinar on new PCF calculation tool

Posted on: 15 June 2023 More than 165 participants from 90+ companies and organizations within the adhesives and adhesive tapes industry attended the first in the series of 4 workshops on Product Carbon Footprint (PCF), which was held online on 6 June 2023.

Making batteries more sustainable, more durable and better-performing

Posted on: 14 June 2023 On Wednesday, Parliament approved new rules for the design, production and waste management of all types of batteries sold in the EU.

UPM launches new label to promote recycling of release papers

Posted on: 02 June 2023 The LinerLoop label is hoped to increase the rate of which release papers are recycled in the current closed-loop system.

Afera and IVK to hold workshop on new PCF calculation tool

Posted on: 01 June 2023 The first of 4 free workshops, the 6 June webinar will familiarise Members with Afera’s harmonisation project and the online platform Sphera is developing exclusively for the 2 associations