A cardboard box sits open on a white surface, sealed with tesa tape, with small models of trees, wind turbines, and logs behind it. A green recycling symbol is displayed on the wall in the background.

It’s not just packaging.
It's designed for recycling.* 

Paper-based adhesive tape solutions: designed for recycling1

Our new paper-based adhesive tape solutions can help you to reach your sustainability goals and boost consumer perception. They are designed for recycling1 while maintaining tape performance.

It’s not just packaging. It’s a future-proofed range.

Discover how our new paper-based tape range enhances your packaging with trusted performance, seamless integration, and a strong commitment to sustainability—ideal for opening, closing, and reinforcing.

Meet our new paper-based design tape solutions designed for recycling1. From opening and closing to
reinforcing, here’s why they’re the right choice to help you improve your packaging.

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New paper-based design tape solutions - designed for recycling1

Show your customers you care as much as they do, by providing packaging that is designed for recycling1. Our new range of paper-based tapes is made with raw materials that reduce the use of virgin fossil fuel and help achieve mono-material targets by using less film content. They are classified as technically recyclable in a recycling mill with conventional process (4evergreen alliance: 4evergreen Recyclability Evaluation Protocol Part I for fibre-based-packaging, 4evergreen.eu).

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Enhance quality and performance

Our new paper-based design tape solutions are proven to perform, delivering the quality you expect and seamlessly integrating into attractive packaging designs. Their visual appearance provides the finish your packaging deserves, offering a variety of attractive colors and thicknesses. Our tapes provide backings and high adhesion values to ensure high-quality performance, suitable for all market-standard tape applicators for smooth unwinding and proven processability.

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Packaging for today and tomorrow

In a competitive marketplace, our paper-based design tape solutions ensure your packaging stands out. With strong performances in quality and functionality including tear strip tests – they help you set yourself apart from the rest.

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Invest in your packaging

Our new paper-based adhesive tape solutions designed for recycling1 are an investment in your brand, ensuring you stand out in the market. Boost consumer perceptions – and your reputation – with a combination of reliable performance that helps maintain your competitive edge and improved sustainability.

Our products

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Paper-based tear tape

  • Strong thin, white paper-based backing  
  • Homogeneous visual appearance within final packaging 
  • Designed to support higher content of single source packaging material
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Paper-based tear tape

  • Strong paper backing and high adhesion on board material 
  • Homogeneous visual appearance 
  • Helps achieve higher content of single source packaging material 

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Paper-based reinforcement tape

  • Strong, paper-based backing 
  • Reliable adhesive offering strong bond to cardboard 
  • Tape can be disposed of and recycled along with box material
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Double-sided paper-based closing tape

  • High immediate adhesion, very good shear strength 
  • Strong paper backing 
  • Withstands fast liner removal without tearing

*Fibre-based packaging with our paper-based adhesive tape solutions is classified as technically recyclable in a recycling mill with conventional process (4evergreen alliance: 4evergreen Recyclability Evaluation Protocol Part I for fibre-based packaging, 4evergreenforum.eu).

Downloads
tesa® Specialty Tapes for Corrugated Board Production
tesa® Specialty Tapes for Corrugated Board Production PDF 1 MB
tesa® 51344 paper-based tear tape
tesa® 51344 paper-based tear tape PDF 752.2 kB
tesa® 51345 Paper-Based Reinforcement Tape
tesa® 51345 Paper-Based Reinforcement Tape PDF 373.6 kB
tesa® 61346 paper-based packaging closing tape
tesa® 61346 paper-based packaging closing tape PDF 446.1 kB

FAQs

Let us describe what we mean by the term "recycable": A characteristic of a product, package or associated component that can be removed from the waste stream through available processes and programs and collected, processed and reused in the form of raw materials or products. Only pre-consumer and post-consumer materials are considered recycled content.
Our more sustainable packaging tapes are recycling-friendly, not yet fully recycable. Recycling-friendly means they can be disposed with the cardboard and led into the recycling stream for paper, but within that our adhesives are not endangering the recycling process as they are pulled out of the recycling stream.