All bioplastics articles – Page 4
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ArticleThe case for industrial packaging sustainability
Within the packaging industry, sustainability is often focused on the “consumer” side, a market that is set to grow year on year by 3.5% reaching a total value of $997 billion by 2020.
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Coding Natural Packaging
Viktor Puzakov, Global Marketing Manager at Videojet Technologies, looks at how beverage consumers are leaning more and more towards natural and organic products.
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ArticleFresh for Longer - Prolonging Shelf Life at Anuga FoodTec
At Anuga FoodTec, one of the key focal points for many packaging companies was technology to keep products fresher for longer, prolonging shelf life and thereby preventing food waste. Elisabeth Skoda explores just a few of the highlights.
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ArticleCambridge Consultants unveils vision for bioplastics in food packaging
The global spotlight on the environmental damage caused by single-use plastics is driving business to consider the sometimes ruinous impact of products, processes and packaging.
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ArticleTotal Corbion PLA at Chinaplas: PLA Bioplastics for Demanding Applications
Total Corbion PLA will be exhibiting at the Chinaplas trade fair from 24th – 27th April in Shanghai. On display will be a number of partner applications based on Luminy® PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) resins from Total Corbion PLA.
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ArticleThe Challenge to Packaging
Louise Edge, senior oceans campaigner for Greenpeace UK, sets out the environmentalist challenge to packaging.
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ArticleBetter Taste – Less Waste: All about Food Protection
With food protection high on its agenda for 2018. Taghleef Industries (Ti), is set to present its innovative and creative products developed for this sector at two key European exhibitions in March 2018 - CFIA in France and ANUGA FOODTEC in Germany.
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ArticleInnovation arises from shared passion for compostable packaging
Bio4pack and TIPA were exactly what organic grains company, De Halm, was looking for. Together, they were able to develop a compostable packaging solution, and a long-term relationship, that has proven to be an overall success.
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ArticleAre biodegradable plastics better for the environment?
Plastics are indispensable in many areas of our modern lives, yet questions over the material’s sustainability are rarely out of the headlines these days.
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ArticleWhat’s causing a shift from traditional materials to flexible packaging types?
Smithers Pira identifies the key reasons why flexible packaging is continuing to increase in popularity with consumers and brand owners.
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ArticleEcoCortec® Announces Partnership in European BIOCOMPACK Project
EcoCortec® d.o.o. is proud to announce that it is the first bioplastics plant in Croatia and is a partner in the €1.95 million European BIOCOMPACK project.
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ArticleIndustry responds to EU Plastics Strategy
On the backdrop of blanket calls for elimination of plastics, major packaging industry stakeholders have reacted positively to the European Commission’s holistic strategy, released yesterday, for integration of polymers into the Circular Economy.
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ArticlePackaging in Europe at Epicentre of Bioplastics Explosion
Packaging Europe’s Tim Sykes was among the 330 delegates seeking to map the future of a sector that looks to have an increasingly prominent role in packaging
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ArticleFirst Major Retailer Goes Plastic-Free
The UK’s leading frozen food specialist announced that it aims to eliminate plastic packaging by 2023. Iceland’s head of packaging Ian Schofield spoke to Tim Sykes about the implications.
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ArticleInside Coca-Cola’s Sustainability Strategy
Tim Sykes discusses packaging and Coca-Cola's European Sustainability Action Plan with Joe Franses and Ulrike Sapiro, and discovers that alternative feedstocks, refill systems and returnables are all on the table.
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ArticleIs moving to a single polymer the answer?
The M&S Plan A 2025 steps up the retailer's sustainability goals, featuring a One Polymer Road Map & target for 100% of packaging widely recycled. Tim Sykes spoke to Kevin Vyse about the implications & the company's approach to sustainable packaging
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ArticleNew pack improves food preservation without metallised materials & modified atmospheres
AIMPLAS coordinates the European project REFUCOAT, whose main objective is to develop new materials for food packaging in a more sustainable way.
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Article'Bioplastics are Making the Difference'
The 12th European Bioplastics Conference, which took place on 28/29 November 2017 in Berlin, showcased just how bioplastics are making the difference in driving innovations forward for more sustainability, resource efficiency, and functionality.
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ArticlePackaging Design: Appreciation for Sustainable Packaging
Fachpack spoke with Sven Sängerlaub, Business Development Manager Packaging at the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV), about the part played by packaging design in improving the recyclability of plastic packaging.
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ArticleGlobal Market for Bioplastics to Grow by 20 Percent
The results of European Bioplastics’ annual market data update, presented at the 12th European Bioplastics Conference in Berlin, confirm a stable growth of the global bioplastics industry.