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ArticleOMRON looks to streamline food deliveries with new robot pilot trial
An autonomous mobile delivery robot has recently been seen moving around the corridors of the REDI shopping centre in Kalasatama, a neighborhood in Helsinki, Finland.
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ArticleWhy choose polystyrene?
It’s a question we’ve explored several times over the past few months – and one that Styrenics Circular Solutions aims to answer in an upcoming webinar to take place this Wednesday, 30th June.
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ArticleAptar partners with REBO for launch of smart, reusable water bottle
Aptar Food + Beverage has announced a partnership with REBO on a reusable water bottle that uses smart technology to help customers stay hydrated, all while helping to fund the collection of tossed-away plastic bottles in developing countries.
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ArticleReusable packaging in the COVID age
Are concerns about the transmission of COVID via reusable packaging justified – or have the risks been overstated? We spoke with John Hocevar, Oceans Campaign Director at Greenpeace USA, to find out.
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ArticleSainsbury’s to roll out recycling system for flexible plastics
Following a successful trial in the North East of England recycling polypropylene (PP) film in selected stores, UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has rolled out a new recycling system allowing customers to recycle flexible packaging.
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ArticleRepsol, Axens, and IFPEN develop a new process to boost chemical recycling
The three companies have joined forces to develop the RewindTM Mix process, which purifies the plastics pyrolysis oils allowing the direct and undiluted processing in existing petrochemical plants for the production of circular plastics.
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ArticleFinalist interview: Columbus’ Egg biodegradable films from IUV
In the first of our interviews with the Sustainability Awards 2021 finalists, we talk with IUV, a plastics-free packaging solutions provider and creator of the Columbus’ Egg technology.
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ArticleNestlé uses ‘ground-breaking’ tech to produce Perrier bottles made from 100% coloured rPET
Nestlé has unveiled prototypes for its Perrier water bottles based on a novel recycling technology that the company says allows plastic to be endlessly recycled while maintaining properties that are virtually equivalent to virgin plastics.
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ArticleINEOS Styrolution and TOMRA offer ‘breakthrough’ mechanically recycled polystyrene
INEOS Styrolution has today announced the availability of mechanically recycled polystyrene in the EMEA region.
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ArticleSiegwerk unveils next generation of water-based inks
Siegwerk, a global provider of printing inks and coatings for packaging and labels, is now offering a new generation of water-based inks for paper and board applications: UniNATURE.
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ArticleLEGO reveals first bricks made from recycled plastic bottles
The LEGO Group today unveiled a prototype LEGO brick made from recycled PET bottles, the latest step in the company’s quest to make its products from sustainable materials.
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ArticleHow R-LDPE flexibles could help tackle recycled material shortages
Mark Victory, Senior Editor Recycling at ICIS, explores the reasons behind shortages in recycled materials, and what steps could be taken for flexibles to bridge the gap.
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ArticleINWED21: Why we must consider the bigger picture
To mark International Women in Engineering Day 2021, Marie Sandin, vice president for projects, engineering and plant automation at Tetra Pak, talks about her experiences and why involving more women in the packaging industry is so important.
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ArticleBASF to create barrier technologies for Pulpex’s paper bottles
BASF has forged a collaboration with Pulpex and its global partners to develop proprietary, food-grade barrier technologies for their paper bottles.
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa interview: Back to basics – and grasping the future
Around the anniversary of the first European lockdowns Tim Sykes catches up with Arco Berkenbosch (VP Innovation & Development, Smurfit Kappa) to review how the market has changed since then.
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ArticleSealed Air makes thermoformable webs recycle-ready
Sealed Air has evolved its range of thermoformable food packaging webs to make them recycle-ready.
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ArticleWhat are the key lessons from the AIP’s reports into the effects of packaging design on food waste?
The Australian Institute of Packaging recently conducted two reports on the effect of packaging design on food waste. In this article, the organisation’s executive director, Nerida Kelton unpacks the reports’ key findings.
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ArticlePulPac takes major step towards global scaling of dry moulded fibre solution
PulPac, the inventor of a process that allows the moulding of cellulose into hard, durable packs, has revealed its first-ever standardized production line – the PulPac Production Unit 300 ton (PU300).
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ArticleAvery Dennison releases latest CleanFlake label materials
Today, Avery Dennison announced the latest iterations of its award-winning CleanFlake filmic label material, which are now suitable for PET packaging in food, home and personal care, and other segments in addition to beverages.
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ArticleBorealis and Renasci reach agreement on acquisition of chemically recycled feedstock
Borealis has signed an agreement with Renasci Oostende Recycling NV to acquire the entire chemically recycled feedstock output from its high-tech recycling centre in Oostende, Belgium.