All Business articles – Page 32
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ArticleALPLA to open PET bottle recycling facility in South Africa
ALPLA is building a recycling plant in Ballito, South Africa, with an intended output of 35,000 tonnes of rPET flakes and pellets a year – aiming to enter the African recycling market and stimulate circularity in the region.
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ArticlePrevented Ocean Plastic plans to open global collection centres for ‘ocean-bound’ plastic waste
Prevented Ocean Plastic has stated its intention to open 25 high-volume collection centres across various global regions by 2025, with which it will gather and recycle ‘ocean-bound’ plastic waste into its ‘fully traceable’ plastic material.
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ArticleNestlé Mexico and Greenback use Enval technology to generate pyrolytic oil from plastic waste
Nestlé Mexico and Greenback Recycling Technologies are utilising Enval Limited’s advanced recycling technology to turn hard-to-recycle plastics into pyrolytic oil at a newly-opened recycling plant.
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ArticleParis Packaging Week’s Future Leaders initiative aims to uplift young packaging professionals
Future Leaders – a new initiative intending to platform and celebrate young, up-and-coming packaging professionals in the beauty, personal care, luxury, drinks, and aerosol sectors – has been announced by Paris Packaging Week.
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ArticleEighteen EU Member States could miss reuse, recycling, and landfilling targets, warns European Commission
A report published by the European Commission has identified the nine Member States it believes will meet reuse and recycling targets by 2025 and landfilling targets by 2035 – but warns that a further eighteen could miss one or both of these goals.
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ArticleCompostable laminates from TIPA and Ispak set to enter Turkish market in new partnership
TIPA has announced its sole partnership with Ispak in a bid to bring compostable packaging to the Turkish market and enhance both companies’ portfolios on an international scale, as well as combating plastic pollution.
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ArticleEllen MacArthur Foundation reacts to latest round of UN plastic treaty negotiations
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation has called for the incoming Global Plastics Treaty to establish legally binding global rules and factor in the reduction, redesign, and reuse of plastic materials in response to a second round of negotiations taking place last week.
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ArticleJoint venture between TOMRA and Plastretur to result in Norwegian plastic packaging sorting plant
TOMRA has signed a majority ownership agreement with Plastretur to found a plastic packaging sorting plant in Norway in a €50 million joint venture set to sort 90,000 tonnes every year.
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ArticleEU recycled content targets at risk from PET imports, cautions Plastics Recyclers Europe
A major increase in PET imports threatens the EU’s capability of improving plastic waste management and its competitiveness in the industry, Plastics Recyclers Europe claims – responding with a call for fair policy covering imported plastics.
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ArticleElopak aspires for profitable growth in USA with construction of new production plant
Elopak is building a new plant in the USA with the aim of meeting customer demand and accelerating growth in the Americas.
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ArticleOrganisations anticipate progress, call out ‘delaying tactics’, and encourage scientist and NGO involvement in development of UN Plastic Pollution Treaty
Following the second negotiation meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) in Paris, UNEP and WWF have expressed their optimism surrounding the establishment of a UN Global Treaty to End Plastic Pollution – yet the latter has criticised what it describes as ‘delaying tactics’ and the exclusion of scientist and CSO input in the negotiation process.
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ArticleCost of sustainable packaging transition is slowing industrial progress, warns ING Bank
According to a new report from ING Bank, packaging waste will continue to increase globally in spite of growing sustainability efforts, with a lack of available recycled material and subsequently high costs currently dissuading companies from replacing their single-use solutions.
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ArticleUPM Biochemicals and Selenis work towards production of renewable thermoplastic polyester resin in strategic partnership
UPM Biochemicals and Selenis have entered a strategic partnership aspiring to produce PETG resin – a thermoplastic polyester introducing renewable, sustainable forest-sourced materials into plastic for use in various sectors and packaging applications – and help the industry reduce its CO2 footprint and reliance on fossil-based resources.
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ArticleUnilever presents its vision of a Global Plastics Treaty to achieve virgin plastic reduction, circular systems, and more
With negotiations surrounding a United Nations treaty on plastic pollutions set to continue in Paris this week, Unilever has laid out its expectations for an upcoming Global Plastics Treaty – including the mandated prevention of plastic leakage, harmonised global regulation, and the wider implementation of EPR schemes.
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ArticleDS Smith’s Galicia production plant to expand following investment
DS Smith is expanding its Cartogal production plant in A Pobra do Caramiñal after an €11.35 million investment – apparently utilising ‘environmentally friendly’ materials to construct energy-efficient systems.
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ArticlePartnership between Bluepha and TotalEnergies Corbion aspires to expand PLA and PHA use in China
Bluepha Co. and TotalEnergies Corbion have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to bring together knowledge and resources and encourage the adoption of PLA- and PHA-based solutions on the Chinese market.
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ArticleAvery Dennison seeks material, technological, and sustainable development in second cohort of accelerator programme
Avery Dennison has selected five start-ups under the second cohort of its AD Stretch Accelerator Program, which aims to collaboratively overcome challenges to connected packaging, materials innovation, and sustainability in the labels and packaging industry.
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Articleadapa Group aims to bolster shrink bag use amongst customers by funding new production lines
adapa Group has invested in two new lines for high-performance shrink bags at its St. Helens plant in a bid to increase its supply chain agility and offer a wide capacity of shrink bags to its customers.
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ArticlePartnership between Trinseo and RWDC Industries pushes for PHA dispersion technology to develop paper barrier coatings
Trinseo and RWDC Industries LLC have entered an exclusive agreement to bring PHA dispersion technology to target markets and advance the development of sustainability-minded paper and board barrier coatings.
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ArticleMarine plastic collection programmes must improve transparency, according to RECOUP
RECOUP has released its River and Ocean Plastics Collection and Recycling Programmes report, which claims that efforts to remove plastic waste from marine environments can be hindered by ‘inconsistency and ambiguity in language and operations’ – potentially threatening packaging manufacturers’ access to recycled materials.