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With Earth Day approaching (April 22), it’s appropriate to think about ways to use eco-friendly adhesives in your products or manufacturing applications.

What makes an eco-friendly adhesive?
At MagPow Industries, the demand for environmentally-friendly adhesives has focused on two aspects:

Reducing overall solvent content and improving cross-linking in the process
Lowering solvent emissions and airborne particles emanating from the adhesive
Meanwhile, government regulations for “green” adhesives include:

Toxicity levels
Flammability
Product storage
Disposal methods
The benefits of using eco-friendly products
Versus their regular counterparts, “green” glues are: Eco-friendly

Better for the environment
Employee/operator friendly (less complaints about odours and fumes)
Less harsh on your substrates
There’s a variety of “green” glues available
More and more organizations are choosing “green” glues because they have the same – or in many cases, more – mechanical strength than other products.

Some popular eco-friendly adhesives include:

Solvent-free water based adhesives with low VOC
Naturally derived adhesives (Dextrins and other starch based glues)
Low viscosity adhesives that are curable by UV
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Water-based adhesives
When it comes to the environment, there’s nothing more natural or pure than water.

The same goes for water-based adhesives.

Many of which can be formulated to contain zero or minimal VOC’s, including:

H20

Dextrins
Protein glues
PVA glues
Starch glues
Natural rubber latex glues
These new, eco-friendly adhesives are being used in a variety of industries:

Packaging
Stair, Furniture and general woodworking
Book Binding
Product assembly
Custom formulations
The “green” revolution is just getting started
The trend towards greener products has taken hold in every industry imaginable – including adhesive manufacturing.

At MagPow, we’re committed to developing environmentally-friendly products which deliver exceptional performance and reliability.

Want to know more about our products or services? Interested in having an adhesive audit to determine if you’re using the greenest glue possible?

Contact us today and tell us what we can do for you.