All Collaboration articles – Page 16
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ArticleUpcoming project sets sights on high-quality LDPE recyclate from household waste
RWTH Aachen University’s Institute for Plastics Processing in Industry and Craft (IKV) has announced an industrial research project aspiring to combine the best recycling technologies available and boost LDPE recyclate quality in mechanical recycling processes.
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ArticleMondi and CMC Packaging Automation partner on e-commerce packaging solutions
Mondi and CMC Packaging Automation have announced a strategic partnership, aiming to develop packaging solutions that deliver ‘customer benefits’ including enhanced product quality and improved sustainability.
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ArticleIndustry and academia join forces to integrate lignin into epoxy coatings
AGC Vinythai and Michigan State University’s Prof. Mojgan Nejad are working alongside allnex to increase the biobased content of epoxy resins and coatings by replacing the traditional bisphenol A with lignin.
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ArticleRenewi and Freepoint Eco-Systems to build new waste plastic sorting and treatment infrastructure
Renewi and Freepoint Eco-Systems are set to enter into a long-term partnership to produce feedstock for the advanced recycling of waste plastics.
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ArticleWhat can a local football team teach us about young people’s views on water bottles?
Over the previous football season, Packaging Europe got involved in a packaging sustainability collaboration with a local youth football team, with a view to learning about young consumer habits and behaviour. What results is a small-sample snapshot of differing behaviours, differing perceptions of sustainability – and the familiar gap between consumer ideas and actions.
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ArticleNouvelles Fibres Textiles supply CARBIOS with polyester textiles for biorecycling
CARBIOS and Nouvelles Fibres Textiles have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to establish a contract for the supply of polyester textiles to the ‘world’s first’ PET biorecycling plant currently under construction in Longlaville, France, hoping to enable 5,000 tonnes a year of textiles to be redirected towards biorecycling from 2026 onwards.
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ArticleSole-Mizo fills and packs milk products with SIG cartons and machinery
Bonafarm’s Sole-Mizo is adopting SIG’s state-of-the-art Midi 12 Aseptic filling machine and carton packaging for its dairy products; the partners have set their sights on combined flexibility and high efficiency in the production process.
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ArticleEuropean Union signs Bridge to Busan Declaration to limit global plastic production
The European Union has signed the Bridge to Busan Declaration, aiming to establish an international, legally binding instrument that moderates the production of primary plastic polymers and tackles the impacts of plastic pollution.
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ArticleConnected packaging campaign links Tetra Pak consumers to sustainability games
Appetite Creative and Advertising Design Studio have developed new on-pack communication for Tetra Pak, designed to educate consumers about sustainability through games and information accessed via QR code.
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ArticleGreiner Packaging’s recyclable solution utilized for instant porridge brand
Food producer Symington’s has been using Greiner Packaging’s K3 cardboard-plastic solution for its Naked instant noodles since 2021, and is said to be the ‘first UK food producer’ to move its Oatburst instant porridge brand to Greiner Packaging’s K3 r100 self-separating, designed-for-recycling variant.
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ArticleCarmencita and ITC Packaging partner for new paprika packaging
Spanish companies Carmencita and ITC Packaging have collaborated to produce new paprika packaging with light barrier properties and a two-sided flip top cap, designed to ‘revolutionize’ spice shelves in stores.
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ArticleU.S. Government unveils landmark plastic pollution strategy
As the United States’ presidential election looms, the Biden-Harris Administration has announced its intent to phase out all single-use plastics across US federal government agencies by 2035 and all single-use plastic products in foodservice, packaging, and events by 2027.
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ArticleTerraCycle aims to recycle used malt sacks and save 70 tonnes of plastic yearly
In an ‘industry-first’ partnership, maltster Crisp Malt and TerraCycle are working to collect, recycle, and repurpose used malt sacks – anticipating the rescue of 70 tonnes of plastic from landfills and incinerators annually.
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ArticleGovernment funds Maastricht University’s research on circular plastics
Maastricht University has been granted funding from the Dutch government in three projects pursuing circularity for plastics, including a collaboration with Danone, The Kraft Heinz Company, and others to improve recycling technologies for polyolefin-based food packaging.
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ArticleScientific journal to cover Carbios’ enzyme-embedded, ‘home-compostable’ PLA
Carbios and the Toulouse Biotechnology Institute are publishing an article presenting an enzyme-embedded PLA designed to quickly biodegrade in home-compost conditions – a development expected to result in plastic packaging that is compostable at ambient temperatures.
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ArticleDiageo and ecoSPIRITS distributing alcohol to venues in refillable containers
Diageo and ecoSPIRITS are in a global agreement to distribute Gordon’s gin, Captain Morgan rum, and Smirnoff vodka in reusable packaging at bars, hotels, and restaurants via the ‘lower carbon, lower waste’ ecoTOTE technology.
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ArticleBrands guided towards renewable plastics as Neste and Mitsubishi join forces
Neste and Mitsubishi Corporation have entered a strategic partnership seeking to develop value chains for renewable chemicals and plastics for Japanese brands – an effort hoped to defossilize supply chains in the food and beverage, apparel, and consumer electronics sectors.
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ArticleSiegwerk and Masterpress partner to improve labelled packaging recyclability
Siegwerk has launched its first full UV flexo deinking system for the European market, CIRKIT CLEARPRIME UV E02, designed to be a ‘validated solution’ for safe and economic deinking of UV-printed self-adhesive labels (PSL) and improve a pack’s recyclability.
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ArticleBurgopak designs packaging for at-home hormone testing kit
German biotech startup Inne has selected Burgopak to create bespoke packaging for its minilab product, said to be the ‘first’ at-home hormone testing kit.
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ArticleMicrocapsule technology trial to preserve nutrients in dairy products
In partnership with Yili Innovation Centre Europe, Xampla will test and validate its microscopic natural polymer capsules for preserving vitamins and nutrients in milk, cheese, yoghurt, and other dairy products.