UPM Raflatac’s RafCycle recycling service wins innovator award


9 April 2024


The company awarded for Innovation in a Recovery Technology or Practice at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition Impact event.

UPM Raflatac’s RafCycle recycling service has won the 2024 Innovator Award for Innovation in a Recovery Technology or Practice at the Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) Impact event.

‘This award is a testament to our ongoing commitment to contributing to the circular economy. By collecting and recycling the release liner waste through RafCycle service, we help businesses in the label industry meet their sustainability goals. This is true not only for our customers, but their customers as well,’ said Michael Garretson, manager of RafCycle at UPM Raflatac Americas.

The SPC Innovator Awards recognize meaningful contributions and advancements towards more sustainable packaging. The awards showcase the outstanding collaboration behind extraordinary advancements in sustainability. Recognized as the original label release liner recycling service, RafCycle by UPM Raflatac has over 400 partners worldwide.

‘This groundbreaking practice was selected based on a rigorous selection criteria, assessed by our esteemed judges. We recognize RafCycle as a circular solution to the label waste and applaud UPM Raflatac for this breakthrough innovation,’ commented Olga Kachook, director of SPC.

Source: Labels & Labelling