Regional Release Liner Recycling Program

The Liner Recycling Initiative (LRI) is conducting a regionally focused program focused on establishing a reverse logistics supply chain for aggregating and recycling silicone-coated paper release liner. If the waste release liner is prepared to mill requirements, it will be accepted at one of two Sustana Fiber mills located in De Pere, WI, and Lévis, Quebec for recycling. The geographic scope of the program spans from the upper Midwest, across the Northeast and down to the mid-Atlantic region. A document describing the program and locations of mills and broker-haulers may be found here.

The goals of this program are to demonstrate that silicone-coated release liner can be recycled by developing a sustainable reverse supply chain for it and to document best operational practices around the collection, aggregation, and transportation of the material to a mill with the appropriate technology to recycle it. The learnings from the pilot will be used to develop a roadmap that scales the recycling program nationally.

The mill requirements for accepting paper release liner at Sustana Fiber are included in this mill specification document. Several aggregation service providers have been identified and verified that they will accept silicone-coated release liner and can transport it to Sustana for recycling. Companies that generate paper release liner waste and that are interested in participating in the program can contact Resource Recycling Systems (RRS).

RRS is the third-party that is assuring the confidentiality of any generators interested in participating in the program. Please contact Eme Massarelli at RRS if you are a generator or if you have customers that you think would be interested in participating in the program. (emassarelli@recycle.com).