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ArticleThe Ellen MacArthur Foundation: Working towards a circular, global vision for plastics
Following the announcement of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and the World Wildlife Fund’s partnership to create a business coalition in support of a global plastics treaty, we spoke to Carsten Wachholz, senior policy manager at the Foundation, about the aims of the coalition and its goals for the future.
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ArticleMespack develops turnkey projects for the flexible packaging market
Mespack has recently launched a complete packaging line consisting of a horizontal machine and three American box end-of-line equipment. The company expands on this turnkey solution in the latest edition of The Spotlight.
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ArticleWinners of Hubbub and Starbucks’ Bring it Back fund to pilot six new packaging reuse schemes
The winners of environmental charity Hubbub and Starbucks’ Bring It Back fund have been announced today, with the prize money funding six new systems and solutions for sustainable packaging in the food and beverage industries.
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ArticleGreenhouse gas emissions are 9% lower in mechanical than chemical recycling, says Oeko-Institut
According to a report by the Oeko-Institut, mechanical recycling has a stronger claim to reaching carbon neutrality than its chemical counterpart; an estimated decrease in emissions of 2.599 kg CO2eq per kg of recyclate in mechanical recycling has led the company to claim that pyrolysis should be a ‘last resort’ when recycling plastic packaging.
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ArticleSIG and Tagaddod to collect used carton packs from food and household services in a reported ‘first’ for Egypt
SIG and Tagaddod are launching Recycle for Good, a new recycling initiative utilising tech-based solutions to collect and recycle used aseptic carton packs from household and food service waste streams in Egypt.
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ArticleFinalist Interview: Renewable materials from UPM Biochemicals
The latest of our Pre-Commercialized Innovation Sustainablity Awards finalists is UPM Biochemicals, with their new generation of sustainably sourced renewable materials that will, it says, ’enable brands to redefine their net zero targets and switch out of fossil-based feedstocks’.
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ArticleCollaboration between Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, CHIMEI and Mitsubishi Corporation aims to produce bio-based materials and reduce CO2 emissions
Neste, Idemitsu Kosan, CHIMEI and Mitsubishi Corporation are working together to create a supply chain of renewable plastics, using Neste’s bio-based hydrocarbons to produce styrene monomer and its renewable, mass-balanced derivatives such as bio-ABS.
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ArticleNestlé repackages Quality Street and KitKat chocolates in paper and ‘80% recycled’ plastic to improve recyclability
Nestlé’s Quality Street line is set to adopt FSC-certified paper packaging for its twist-wrapped sweets, predicted to replace 2.5 billion individual foil and cellulose wrappers on an international scale. Meanwhile, its KitKat chocolate is set to be packaged in wrappers made from 80% plastic from this month onwards.
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ArticleNew study from Penn State University aims to adapt pyrolysis for mixed-plastic waste
Scientists at Penn State University claim that a new study has advanced the process of pyrolysis to incorporate hard-to-recycle mixed plastics such as multilayer food packaging, potentially spearheading new progress in the field of chemical recycling.
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ArticleAurelius Group acquires self-powered paper mills from Sappi Limited
Aurelius Group has acquired three European graphic paper mills from pulp and paper company Sappi Limited; it now aims to optimise their individual power plants to self-generate energy and increase profits.
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ArticleFiji Water redesigns two of its plastic bottles to contain ‘100% rPET’
Fiji Water has reportedly implemented ‘100% rPET’ into its 300mL and 500mL plastic bottles in the United States, taking a step towards the company’s aim for the adoption of sustainable plastics across its bottle portfolio by 2025. According to Fiji, replacing its current design with a recycled ...
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ArticleFinalist Interview: ColorSensing’s automatic colour recognition technology
ColorSensing is a finalist in the pre-commercialised Active & Intelligent category of the Sustainability Awards 2022. We spoke with the team to find out more about their entry.
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ArticleHow the law protects your sustainable packaging innovation
Sustainable progress oftentimes compliments a brand’s marketing, but environmentally friendly packaging innovations can be copied by other companies without the appropriate legal protection in place. Reddie & Grose partner Gillian Taylor and associate Adam Kelvey tell us how patents, trademarks, and registered designs help the industry keep track of and protect unique ideas.
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ArticleINNOTECH completes trial to recycle household packaging waste into polystyrene yoghurt pots
INNOTECH, COEXPAN’s innovation and technology centre, has completed a trial to produce yoghurt pots from polystyrene grade reportedly sourced from household food packaging waste.
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ArticleQuantum Dot partnership offers ‘next generation’ security inks
UbiQD, a New Mexico-based nanotechnology company, and AIPIA member SICPA, a Swiss technology company supplying security inks and secured authentication, identification, traceability and supply chain solutions, have announced the expansion of their partnership in the development of anti-counterfeit security inks based on UbiQD’s quantum dot technology.
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ArticleChoosePlanetA’s new cup replaces plastic drinks lid with ‘compostable’ top flap design
ChoosePlanetA has released a new cup claiming to be made entirely from home-compostable paper with an integrated top flap design – aiming to replace single-use cups and plastic lids
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ArticleGetting Connected with the latest Smart Packaging developments
This Autumn (Fall) AIPIA is offering two unmissable opportunities to get connected to the latest developments in Active and Intelligent packaging technologies and services.
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ArticleInfineon offers Starter Kit to aid deployment of NFC security tag range
To accelerate the deployment of its brand protection applications, AIPIA member Infineon, a global semiconductor solutions provider headquartered in Munich, has launched the NFC 2Go starter kit for brand protection.
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ArticleStora Enso launches Papira pulp foam packaging into the market
Sustainability Awards finalist Papira, a novel lightweight foam made from pulp fibres by Stora Enso, has been released as a ‘recyclable’ alternative to fossil-based foam materials in packaging.
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ArticleShould companies think twice about making sustainability claims on their packaging?
Advertising a brand’s sustainability credentials on its packaging is becoming an increasingly common practice. Yet the impact that these claims could have on the brand itself is rarely considered – and unclear, unfounded, or incorrect details can cost a company its consumer’s trust and loyalty. Cathy Teasdale, co-founder of !mpatience, tells us why, and how educational conversations between companies and consumers could rectify the problem.