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ArticleTetra Pak to test fibre-based barrier for food cartons
Tetra Pak has announced plans to test a fibre-based barrier as a replacement for the aluminium layer in its food cartons distributed under ambient conditions.
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ArticleAIMPLAS creates trademark to certify reusable food packaging safety
AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, has created its own trademark to certify that reusable food packaging is safe and retains its functional properties after repeated wash cycles.
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ArticleThe start-up turning agricultural waste into compostable packaging
Traceless is a start-up that offers a drop-in granule solution made from second-generation biomass that can be used to develop home compostable materials including coatings, films, and rigid packaging as an alternative to virgin fossil-based plastics. Ritva Krist, marketing manager at Traceless, expands on the start-up’s approach to connecting the agricultural and plastics industries without generating competition, and how compostable solutions can harness natural material cycles.
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ArticleThe Rapid Interview with Büsser Formenbau AG
In our latest Rapid Interview, Büsser Formenbau AG discusses its EasyCap tethering solution and how it can help customers to follow EU legislation on tethered caps ahead of the 2024 deadline.
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ArticleHow can the plastics industry harness carbon capture with polymers made from emissions?
Dr Hydra Rodrigues, technology analyst at IDTechEx, analyses the opportunities and challenges involved with using captured CO2 emissions as feedstock in the production of polymers, which the organisation suggests could facilitate a circular carbon economy.
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ArticleCan PET-eating enzymes help to solve the plastic waste problem?
Scientists from Leipzig University recently discovered an enzyme that they say can degrade PET in record time, via a process known as biological recycling. Within 16 hours, the enzyme reportedly causes PET to decompose by 90%. What is the true potential of this solution, how can it be scaled, and how could it fit in with existing recycling methods? The leader of the project, Dr Christian Sonnendecker, tells us more.
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ArticleTexen develops rPET cosmetics compact for Chanel
Texen has developed an extra-large cosmetics compact made from food-grade recycled PET and using its BESST technology for optimised aesthetics for Chanel’s “Les Beiges” beauty product.
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ArticleMcCormick teams up with Berry Global on 100% recycled plastic food colour bottle
McCormick is launching new recyclable food colour bottles made from 100% post-consumer recycled plastic, in partnership with Berry Global.
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ArticleNew thermal insulation tech from Dufaylite uses recycled paper honeycomb
Dufaylite has launched thermally-insulated box liners and inserts made from recycled paper honeycomb, in a bid to provide a paper-based alternative to solutions made from polystyrene and lambs’ wool.
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ArticlePaper bottles: your questions answered
Last month, Carlsberg announced that its paper-based bottle would soon be available for consumer trials across Europe. When we reported on this announcement, a number of our readers raised some thought-provoking questions and talking points on this topic. We recently spoke with Simon Boas Hoffmeyer, director of sustainability at the Carlsberg Group, and put these reader questions to him.
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ArticleBillerudKorsnäs launches sack paper with no plastic film
Performance White Barrier is a new sack paper from BillerudKorsnäs, where a coating replaces the plastic film barrier commonly found in paper sacks.
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ArticleHow Packaging Europe reassessed its own packaging
Following careful consideration, Packaging Europe will now be delivered in a compostable film wrap. Here we explain the process through which we applied questions about sustainable material specifications to our own physical product.
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ArticleReckitt launches minimalist e-commerce packaging for Vanish
Reckitt power brand Vanish is launching Vanish Multipower Tabs with minimalist packaging and a brand experience designed specifically for online shoppers.
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ArticleDRS study: shoppers stop treating plastic bottles as waste in seven weeks
New research from Suntory Beverage & Food, the maker of Lucozade and Ribena, suggests it takes just seven weeks for the vast majority (88%) of shoppers to rethink their relationship with plastic bottles and to appreciate their value after living with deposit return schemes.
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ArticleNew 'PET-like plastic' made directly from waste biomass
Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology have developed a new PET-like plastic that is made from the non-edible parts of plants.
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ArticleGabriel-Chemie and partners unveil lightweight monomaterial tubes
Gabriel-Chemie Group has worked with its partners to develop a series of lightweight monomaterial tubes that it says possess “perfect recycling performance”.
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ArticleWimbledon and Evian partner on first-ever digital recycling reward scheme
At this year’s Wimbledon tennis tournament Evian is partnering with Reward4Waste on a project that incentivises recycling via a novel consumer reward scheme.
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ArticleTrinseo and GMP to establish European polystyrene recycling plant
Trinseo and GMP Group have announced their plans to build a plant that will produce recycled food-contact polystyrene material.
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ArticleCost vs value: Where is Smart Packaging in the equation?
In our latest comment piece, Andrew Manly, AIPIA’s communications director, looks into one of the biggest issues for companies that are considering using smart packaging: cost vs value.
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ArticleNew Brand Integrity solution combines Digimarc and EVRYTHNG technologies
Digimarc Corporation, a leading AIPIA member which created Digimarc watermarks, next-generation digital identification and detection-based solutions, recently announced the launch of its Digimarc® Brand Integrity digital solution, which gives brands and their customers more sophisticated and flexible ways to verify the authenticity of products, it says.