| 摘要 |
A system for promoting and facilitating recycling having a recycle strip placed in consumer packaging that includes paperboard, chipboard and corrugated cardboard that has a consistent, conspicuous appearance and is placed in a conspicuous manner into the packaging so that the consumer recognizes that the packaging is recyclable. When removed from the package, the strip disables a plurality of structural elements of the packaging, the elements no longer maintaining the package in three dimensions, allowing the consumer to easily flatten the packaging for accumulation and eventual recycling. When placed, the strip selectively binds to the sides of the packaging, eliminating any weakness in the packaging, and selectively releases when a consumer pulls the strip from the packaging, separating the packaging into elements but maintaining a unitary article. |
| 主权项 |
1. A system for promoting and facilitating recycling packaging and reducing a carbon footprint of packaging, comprising:
a package formed by a unitary blank, the package having a plurality of members, the members including a plurality of panels including a pair of side panels and a plurality of flaps, the panels and flaps assembling into the package, the package defining a volume therein, the volume operative for holding a product; a recycle strip, the recycle strip a member of the package perforated from the unitary blank, the recycle strip having perforated edges that traverse the panels of the unitary blank forming said package, the recycle strip approaching the edges of the side panels but terminating before the panel edges, leaving an unperforated portion at the edges of the side panel, the recycle strip operative for selectively disassembling the package when the strip is completely released from the package, the package disposed for easy flattening and compressing, the panels and flaps no longer defining a volume therein; and a strap, the strap formed by the unperforated portion of the strip approaching the side panel edges when the side panel edges are glued together when defining a volume therein, the strap remaining when the strip is released from the package, the package completely disassembling into a single unit held together by the strap, the flattened and compressed unit instantly acceptable for recycling. |
