UPM Raflatac launches the world’s first certified label material to fight ocean bound plastic pollution

(UPM Raflatac, Helsinki, 8 June 2022 at 13:00 EEST) – UPM Raflatac is the first company in the world to invest in Ocean Bound Plastics (OBP) waste as label raw material in their new Ocean Action labels. The Ocean Action labels are made from ocean bound plastic using mass balance approach. Ocean bound plastic is abandoned plastic waste recovered from areas up to 50km inland from waterways, defined as “at risk of ending up in the ocean” by OBPCert . The new innovative label material is made possible by close collaboration with multiple partners in the product’s value