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ArticleShawpak caters to medical devices with ‘low-power’ thermoforming machines
Shawpak presents a new range of low-power, low-waste linear thermoforming machines to produce large, multi-component packs with snap features for the medical sector.
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ArticleMcDonald’s Japan scraps paper straws
McDonald’s Japan has replaced its controversial paper straws with ‘strawless’ lids made from recycled PET, but consumers are still divided on the new solution’s practicality. Tim Sykes reflects on this demand for convenience, sometimes at the expense of sustainable progress, and what we can learn from getting the balance wrong.
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ArticleOne week until the Sustainable Packaging Summit: what to expect
Only one week to go until the Sustainable Packaging Summit! Are you wondering what to expect from this year’s even bigger, even better event? Read on for a deep dive into this year’s agenda.
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ArticleWest Pharmaceutical Services reveals pre-fillable syringe platform
West Pharmaceutical Services (West) has unveiled its West Synchrony Prefillable Syringe (PFS) System at CPHI Worldwide in Frankfurt, Germany, offering a ‘fully verified’ platform from a single supplier.
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ArticleAntalis introduces expandable Jiffy bag made from 100% recycled materials
Antalis has announced an expandable mailing bag made by Jiffy, featuring ‘flex-to-fit’ Hexpand technology and designed to fit snugly around products, eliminating the need for oversized boxes and unnecessary padding.
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ArticleLatest patent data reveals ‘all-time peak’ for chemical plastics recycling
Chemical recycling for plastics has reached an ‘all-time peak’, Appleyard Lees reports, with the number of organizations filing patents said to have more than tripled over five years.
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ArticleEU Commission’s new guide helps Member States calculate EPR costs
The European Commission has provided optional guidance to help Member States calculate Extended Producer Responsibility costs under the Single-Use Plastics Directive.
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ArticleTotalEnergies Corbion announces redesigns PLA bags with 30% PIR content
TotalEnergies Corbion has launched redesigned bags for its sugarcane-based Luminy PLA, featuring 30% post-industrial recycled (PIR) content in the outer layer, made from repurposing high-quality manufacturing scraps.
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ArticleBiotech startup Uluu raises £7m to scale seaweed plastic alternative
Australian startup Uluu has secured over €7 million in Series A funding to build a demonstration plant for the industrial production of its materials, a home compostable seaweed alternative to plastic.
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ArticleSustainability Awards Finalist Interview: Ambipar’s bio-stimulating packaging for turning waste into trees
In the lead up to this year’s Sustainable Packaging Summit, taking place in Utrecht on 10th-12th November, we hear from Sustainability Awards finalist Ambipar about its biocapsule packaging, designed to transform collagen and cellulose waste into trees and nominated in the Commercialized Climate category.
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ArticleChina – a new opportunity for sustainable packaging
In this special report, we hear from leading Chinese companies about the packaging sustainability landscape today in China, and introduce some of the enterprises that will be exhibiting at the Sustainable Packaging Summit on 10-12 November.
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ArticleMcDonald’s Japan ditches paper straws for ‘strawless’ rPET lids – and more
McDonald’s Japan will replace its paper straws with ‘strawless’ rPET lids, transport food in 95% biomass plastic, and pack its Happy Meal toys in FSC-certified paper bags, all in hopes of avoiding 6,600 tons of virgin plastic annually.
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ArticleUPM wraps sticky notes in transparent, recyclable paper to reduce CO2
UPM Adhesive Materials has teamed up with One.Five to package stationery in transparent paper, intending to bring down CO2 emissions and streamline recycling.
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ArticleHenkel launches RecycLab in China to evaluate adhesive solutions for recycling
Henkel has announced the opening of its Packaging RecycLab in Shanghai, China, designed to evaluate how adhesive solutions can ‘drive innovation in packaging recycling and accelerate the transition to a circular economy’.
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ArticleBOBST, Brückner and Mitsui Chemicals reveal ‘world first’ recyclable, mono-material retort solution
BOBST, Brückner and Mitsui Chemicals have joined forces to create a mono-material recyclable retort solution for food packaging, said to have high barrier properties based on opaque metallization.
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ArticleCoca-Cola replaces shrink wrap with DS Smith’s corrugated multipack handle
Coca-Cola HBC Austria, DS Smith, and Krones have jointly developed a recyclable, corrugated handle for soft drink multipacks – a solution said to replace around 200 tonnes of plastic shrink wrap annually.
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ArticleFilling the data gap – The European Reuse Barometer
A fascinating new tool has been launched to track the progress of resusable packaging solutions across Europe. In this article, the New European Reuse Alliance tells us more about some of the key findings from this initiative.
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ArticleL’Oréal becomes first big brand owner in NEXTLOOPP’s food-grade PP project
L’Oréal has become the first major brand owner to join the NEXTLOOPP Americas consortium, which pursues a closed loop for food-grade recycled polypropylene throughout the region.