All Business articles – Page 3
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ArticleHolyGrail 2.0 enters final R&D phase and seeks highest technical validation
The HolyGrail 2.0 initiative is entering its final phase of R&D trials to prepare for market entry and the launch of a pilot market in France in 2024 – involving sorting and reprocessing trials for digitally watermarked rigid packaging, flexible plastics, and more.
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ArticleCoca-Cola HBC brings more returnable glass bottles to Austrian market with new line investment
Coca-Cola HBC has invested €12 million into opening a new, high-speed line for returnable glass bottles at its Edelstal plant – an expansion hoped to assist the company in reaching net zero emissions by 2040. A €4 million grant from the Austrian government has also supported ...
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ArticleRabobank highlights energy costs and decarbonisation targets as challenges to European paper packaging industry
A recent Rabobank report suggests that rising energy costs and increasing emphasis on decarbonisation in regulation and supply chains are threatening the competitiveness of paper packaging producers in Europe.
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ArticleEuropean demand for recycled materials remains weak, but prices may have bottomed out
In this insight, Mark Victory, Senior Editor, Recycling at ICIS, discusses why packaging manufacturers are more price-sensitive than they have been for several years and the impact this is having on demand for recycled materials.
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ArticleCurrent PPWD rules unfairly target beer packaging and threaten existing systems, new statement warns
A statement released by The Brewers of Europe posits that the revised Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive disproportionately singles out beer packaging and does not uplift the EU Single Market – calling for non-discriminatory rules, an appropriate timeline to transition into new technologies, and more.
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Article100 billion PET bottles recycled by Indorama Ventures in twelve years
Indorama Ventures claims to have recycled 100 billion post-consumer PET bottles since February 2011, diverted 2.1 million tons of waste from the environment, and saved 2.9 million tons of carbon footprint from product life cycles. Reportedly, the company has spent over $1 billion on collecting used PET ...
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ArticleLego backs down on recycling plastic bottles into bricks, citing increased emissions
According to Financial Times, Lego has reversed its decision to manufacture bricks from recycled plastic bottles, reporting that it has not reduced carbon emissions in comparison to virgin plastics made from crude oil.
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ArticleHow to prioritize sustainability in an age of constant disruption
Nearly two-thirds of companies today regularly deprioritize sustainability in favour of resilience, according to Gartner research. We talked with Sabu Mathai, Research Director with Gartner’s Supply Chain Practice, to discuss why – even in the current age of near-constant disruption – companies can gain an advantage by putting sustainability at the core of their business.
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Articletraceless aspires to scale up natural biomaterial production with €36.6 million in funding
traceless has secured €36.6 million in funding to expand its natural biomaterial technology – which hopes to provide an alternative to conventional plastics – to industrial scale. Described as a ‘holistically sustainable material’, traceless’ patent-pending solution is based on natural polymers and utilizes agricultural residues in a ...
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ArticleHow Carrefour’s shrinkflation stunt exposes the need for brand accountability
Carrefour, one of the largest grocery retailers in Europe, recently made headlines after it publicly criticized brands by putting shrinkflation price warnings on the packaging of various products. Charles Haverfield, CEO of U.S. Packaging and Wrapping, argues that brands should never resort to shrinkflation – not even as a last resort.
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ArticleDanimer and Chevron Phillips Chemical to create biodegradable materials from PHA
Danimer Scientific is expanding its collaboration with Chevron Phillips Chemical (CPChem) to use Rinnovo polymers produced in a loop slurry reactor process to create biodegradable cast extrusion films, blown extrusion films, injection moulded parts, and rational moulded parts.
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ArticleSaveggy enters partnership to upscale production and application of edible cucumber coating
Saveggy has signed a partnership with Swedish-grown cucumber and tomato producer odlarna.se to create production and packaging lines, and an application technology, for its plant-based, edible coating – hoping to replace fossil-based plastic wrapping for cucumbers.
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ArticleAvon undergoes global rebrand involving redesigned packaging and upgraded typeface
Avon has worked with creative agency Free The Birds to update its packaging design and create a new, female-positive visual identity to match its new brand positioning.
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ArticleAlternative goals for responsible plastic management by 2040 proposed by SYSTEMIQ
A new report from SYSTEMIQ suggests fifteen global policy interventions that it believes could drive down the mismanagement of end-of-life plastics and the leakage of microplastics into the environment by 2040.
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ArticleGrand opening for ‘world’s biggest and most advanced’ recycling plant announced by Swedish Plastic Recycling
Swedish Plastic Recycling has announced that the grand opening of its Site Zero plant site – which aspires to recycle all kinds of plastic packaging without emitting CO2 – will take place on 15th November, intending to commence a ‘new era’ for the recycling of plastics.
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ArticleGerman aluminium industry ‘in crisis mode’ as EU marks material’s strategic value
As the European Parliament adds aluminium to the list of Strategic Raw Materials in the upcoming Critical Raw Materials Act, Aluminium Deutschland reports that the German aluminium industry is ‘still in crisis mode’ regarding energy supply and global competitiveness.
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ArticlePlastics Treaty should roll out DRS, close recycling loops, and ensure transparent reporting, says TOMRA
TOMRA has made ten recommendations for a United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Plastics Treaty, including mandatory targets, closed-loop recycling, transparent reporting, and the use of deposit return systems.
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ArticleItero Technologies and Brightlands Chemelot Campus join forces to build pyrolysis plant
Itero Technologies has signed a commercial realisation agreement with Brightlands Chemelot Campus to build a chemical recycling plant anticipated to recycle 27kT of plastic waste every year.
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ArticleOpen-source net zero roadmap revealed by Mars
Mars, Incorporated has published its Net Zero Roadmap, an open-source action plan documenting its plans to have carbon emissions across its value chain by 2030, invest $1 billion in driving climate action, and more.
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ArticleInterplas 2023 celebrates 75th anniversary and honours key plastics industry players
Interplas 2023 will take place at the NEC, Birmingham between 26th and 28th November with over 530 exhibitors and a lineup of conference sessions and events seeking to share knowledge and celebrate milestones within the global plastics industry.