CELAB stands for Circular Economy for the self-adhesive Label materials. This is the first global consortium that specifically addresses the recycling aspect in the self-adhesive labeling industry. Under the global CELAB umbrella, regional consortia are currently being set up. CELAB-Europe now has 27 members, mostly raw material producers as well as self-adhesive label materials producers and label converters. FINAT has been representing the interest of label converters in the initial stage and is currently also hosting the European consortium. The goal is to have the whole value chain like label users, and other parties like recyclers and logistic providers join this collaborative initiative as well. 

CELAB-Europe's goal is for >75% of the used release liner and matrix material to follow a circular business model by 2025. One of the strategic objectives is to establish a representative self-adhesive label value chain organization to drive progress in meeting legislative and customer requirements. This way, the value chain is utilized to understand, build scale and collectively advance recycling solutions for the matrix and the used liner.

Five different workstreams have been created to focus on various aspects of the matrix and release liner recycling, including analyzing technical issues, promoting the use and creation of recycling networks and solutions, interacting with government regulators, and educating the industry and public.

Find out more about CELAB on the third day of the FINAT European Label Forum 2021 when Ophelie Gourdou, the CELAB-Europe project coordinator, will be talking about how CELAB-Europe will create a self-adhesive label industry that is increasingly circular.  Register now!