After pioneering the use of 100% post-consumer recycled plastic in 2012, the beverage company Waiākea leads again with a new innovation: labels printed with algae-based ink. The Hawai'i-based company asserts it is the first in the world to adopt and commercialize labels using this algae-derived pigment, a development resulting from four years of dedicated research.
(c) Karsten Winegeart

Hawaii macht Verpackungen nachhaltiger mit neuer Tinte auf Algenbasis

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Nachdem das Getränkeunternehmen Waiākea 2012 Pionierarbeit bei der Verwendung von 100 % recyceltem Kunststoff geleistet hatte, setzt es nun mit einer weiteren Innovation Maßstäbe: Etiketten, die mit Tinte auf Algenbasis bedruckt werden – das Ergebnis vierjähriger intensiver Forschung.

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