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- Complies with GDR#8: using PCR where plastic is necessary
- Thin gauge, high strength LDPE film helps eliminate cardboard trays sometimes used for packaging heavier products
- Brand owner worked with Loblaw Companies Limited, who collects back-of-house and front-of-house film, to find an end market for flexible film that does not require food-grade recycled content.
- Worked with NOVA Chemicals for technical expertise
- Ice River has achieved 30% recycled content in its collation film at the testing level, and in 2022 averaged approximately 19% recycled content (combination of PIR & PCR material).
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