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MPG Application for Complete Label Constructions on PET Packaging

This review is suitable for the following label constructions:

  • Olefin based film pressure sensitive labels that float in water
  • Olefin based films that float in water, or are employed for wrap-around labels, and are tested with an adhesive
  • Olefin based floating shrink sleeve labels
  • Olefin based films intended for use as wrap-around labels tested without an adhesive
  • Crystallizable co-polyester shrink sleeve labels

Paper labels of any kind are not within the scope of this review because the APR Design® Guide categorizes paper as Detrimental to PET recycling. Cut and stack labels that employ a film label are not currently candidates for MPG Review but are expected to be in the future.

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Comment on whether the film is clear, cavitated, or pigmented. Comment on whether a vacuum metalized coating might be used.

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A designation, code name/number, a brand name, or a product number that can be traced by the supplier, back to the specific film employed.

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This designation might be a product family, trade name, or product number that will be used in marketing labels or printed packages that meet criteria of MPG Review and which can be used to trace the combination of ink and label used in the MPG Review.

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Please name the laboratory that generated the test data you provided. If testing was conducted at a laboratory that is not an APR candidate contract lab (e.g., your company's proprietary or in-house testing), a supplemental report is necessary. This supplemental report must detail in writing and with photographs the testing practices, procedures, and equipment that were employed. The review committee will use this supplemental report to confirm testing was completed correctly as detailed in the required APR Practices and Test Methods. The Program Administrator can confirm whether a supplemental report is required should there be any question.

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PET-CG_02 is the APR Critical Guidance test for labels. If submitting multiple documents, please combine and submit as one file. Acceptable submissions include:

  1. APR Recognition letter from a label supplier confirming the unprinted label has already received APR Critical Guidance Recognition.
  2. APR Recognition letter from an adhesive supplier confirming that an adhesive has APR Critical Guidance Recognition.
  3. Technical report showing that the film and adhesive meets the criteria of the PET-CG-02 Critical Guidance test.

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PET-CG_02 is the APR Critical Guidance test for labels. If submitting multiple documents, please combine and submit as one file. Acceptable submissions include:

  1. APR Recognition letter from a label supplier confirming the unprinted label has already received APR Critical Guidance Recognition.
  2. APR Recognition letter from an adhesive supplier confirming that an adhesive has APR Critical Guidance Recognition.
  3. Technical report showing that the film and adhesive meets the criteria of the PET-CG-02 Critical Guidance test.

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If submitting multiple documents, please combine and submit as one file. The printed label film should meet the criteria given in either PET-B-02 or PET-CG-02 when used to evaluate the impact of ink and films on PET recycling. This testing can be conducted at any laboratory and will include the following:

  1. The film designation identified above.
  2. The name designated for the printed label identified above.
  3. Data demonstrating that the inks meet the criteria of PET-B-02 employing a “generic” printed label as described in APR Practice PET-P-02. Data for an “intended” printed label can be submitted for a specific application.

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The current APR Guidance for Preferred surface area coverage is:

  • For containers with a brimful volume of 550 ml or less, the surface area coverage of the label is no more than 55%, and no metal decoration is employed on the label.
  • For containers with a brimful volume of over 550 ml, the surface area coverage is no more than 70%, and no metal decoration is employed on the label.
  • For PET thermoforms, the surface area of labels should not exceed 70% surface area coverage on any one side of the thermoformed container.

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Provide technical reports for each un-printed label film designation demonstrating that the printed labels meet both NIR and color sorting criteria (SORT-B-01 and SORT-B-04). Tests must be conducted with film thickness at the upper end of what will be marketed commercially. NIR and color sorting tests can be impacted by whether the film is clear, pigmented or cavitated. Film thickness can impact results. Please submit these reports as one file.

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Provide a technical report for each un-printed label film designation demonstrating that the printed labels meet color sorting criteria (SORT-B-04). Tests must be conducted with film thickness at the upper end of what will be marketed commercially. Color sorting tests can be impacted by whether the film is clear, pigmented or cavitated. Film thickness can impact results. If you are submitting multiple documents, please submit as one file.

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The only kind of metal decoration on a label suitable for Meets Preferred Guidance is the use of vacuum deposited metal films or inks with metal flake pigments. If your labels employ these technologies, you must provide a laboratory report showing that intended designs meet the “Preferred” category presented in the SORT-B-03 test used to assess impact of metals on metal detectors.

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Provide documentation that you are able to measure the float and sink performance of printed labels, and that you will use this test to confirm the ability of individual label designs marketed as Meets Preferred Guidance to float in water. The “generic” printed olefin label presented in the MPG Application may float, but new labels made in the future may employ levels of inks that make the label have a high density and so not float.

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Provide the written quality control procedure that you will use to confirm that individual labels produced and marketed as Meeting Preferred Guidance will provide either the expected hot caustic resistance or wash-off performance required for the ink. There is no specific test that APR requires. A test or process control program proposed by the label supplier may be accepted. For example, your tests/QC program may:

  • Expose a sample of production printed label to a solution of 1% NaOH at 85°C on a hot plate. Employ guidance in APR’s PET-S-01 to evaluate results.
  • Conduct a solvent rub test to demonstrate that an ink has been adequately cured to provide hot caustic resistance.

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