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MPG Application for Label Substrates and Inks on PET Packaging

This review is suitable for:

  • Ink suppliers to market a family of ink technology that Meets Preferred Guidance criteria for a named label film(s)
  • Label suppliers to market a family of label films that Meets Preferred Guidance criteria for one or more named product families of ink technology

Complete label constructions and direct print on a PET package are covered in other sections of the MPG Program. 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.

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APR will not ask for, nor require confidential information.

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This designation can be a code name, a brand or a product number that can be traced by the supplier back to the specific ink technology employed for a label.

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If a primer, over varnish or lamination is required for the ink system to Meet Preferred Guidance, please give a description of the required material(s). For example, the XYZ Family of inks is employed with required over-varnish product 123. Report “not applicable” if these materials are not required.

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Include specific requirements of those films necessary to meet criteria given in PET-B-02, a test used to evaluate the impact of inks on recycling.

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Provide a designation, code name/number, a brand name, or a product number for at least one film that has been tested that can be traced by the supplier, back to the specific film employed. Data for more than one film may be submitted if desired.

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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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The printed label film should meet the criteria given in either PET-B-02 or PET-CG-02 that are tests 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 ink 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.

It is important that the film designation as well as the printed label designation given in the application match those given in the testing report to link them together and confirm the materials tested match with the rest of the information in the application.

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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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