FOILCO & THE ENVIRONMENT

What is hot stamping foil? During the hot stamping Zero foil 2 Landfill process the film Stamping foil is a dry, solvent is removed at the time of The thin polyester film used as free process that uses the stamping whereas with a carrier for the hot stamping minimum amount of energy laminates they become an foil has a high calorific value. to deposit a metallic or integral part of the packaging. We therefore convert our waste pigment effect onto packaging. to SRF (solid recovered fuel) to There are no emissions created Waste prevention be used in the cement industry. during the process. Foilco manufacture their foils This is used as a replacement Polyester film is used as the in various widths as well as for fossil fuels such as coal. carrier as it is the lightest offering a cutting service in 12 tonnes of polyester film weight stable film we can order to deliver the optimum replaces 10 tonnes of fossil fuel. use for the process and at a width & minimise the waste thickness of just 0.012mm. created. We encourage our customers to join our Zero foil 2 Landfill Foil stamping should not be initiative so that we can collect confused with foil the used polyester and add it to or metallised film our SRF. lamination. More details of this are available on our website.

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Are our foils Vegan? Is packaging using our What is sustainable Are our foils light fast? foil repulpable? packaging? All of our foils do not contain Lightfastness is the resistance any animal products, except The definition of repulpable is of our foil to fading or colour the KMS & KMP range of is the process of re-wetting & packaging that, over time, change due to exposure to pigment foils which contain a fiberizing of /board to reduces its environmental sunlight or an artificial light small amount of beeswax to aid disperse the paper fibers, ink footprint. source. workability of this product. & hot stamping foil into a pulp medium to reproduce more By adding our hot stamping foil Lightfastness is predominantly Are our foils compostable? paper/board. to packaging it can increase its governed by the pigment type reusability, creating a circular used in each foil. The definition of compostable Through our testing, paper/ economy around the is something that can be used board that was foiled with our packaging, extending its Individual tests can be as compost when it decays. foils with a coverage of 80% lifecycle and usability. carried out on our foils to Our foils are compostable. could be repulped. meet customer’s specific This has been determined Do our foils comply with requirements. However through our own in-house Are our foils recyclable? Reach? most of our foils comply to testing. standard 4. The definition of recyclable is Current information states Further testing is currently products that can be collected that hot stamping foils are being carried out to comply and remanufactured into new considered an “article” and with EN 13432:2000 for products after they’ve been therefore not subject to pre- packaging. This will certify that used. Most grades of paper are registration or registration. packaging using our foils will recyclable. Recyclable products compost through industrial, do not necessarily contain It is not necessary to register commercial composting within recycled materials. any articles provided that 12 weeks. they contain less than 0.1% Packaging that uses our foils by weight of Substances of Are our foils biodegradable? can be recycled. Very High Concern ( SVHC ).

The definition of As our foils also meet this biodegradable is a substance requirement, we are pleased to or object capable of being confirm that our foils meet all decomposed by bacteria or current REACH requirements. other living organism.

The difference between compostable & biodegradable is that there is no time frame set for the product to biodegrade. Our foils are biodegradable.

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