All Collaboration articles – Page 20
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ArticlePackaging waste and rejected shoemaking material converted into new plastics under EU projects
The European Union’s LIFE Programme saw two projects collect and recycle commercial plastic packaging waste under a reverse logistics agreement; and turn clothing and shoe waste into polyester stable fibre for packaging applications, among others.
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ArticleLab plastics produced with renewable feedstock in Neste and Eppendorf collaboration
Neste and Eppendorf have entered a strategic partnership to replace fossil feedstock with a renewable alternative in the production of plastic tubes, filter pipette tips, and other consumables for the life science industry.
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ArticleWestRock provides paperboard carrier for Coca-Cola multipacks
Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages will replace plastic rings for its multipack bottled beverages with WestRock’s paperboard carrier and aspires to cut an annual 200,000 pounds of plastic from its footprint.
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ArticleSelf-separating yoghurt cups from Greiner Packaging applied to Molkerei Forster yoghurts
Molkerei Forster is adopting Greiner Packaging’s self-separating cups for its 500g Milbona brand natural yoghurts sold at Lidl Schweiz – aiming for recovery in separate recycling streams in the future.
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ArticleSchreiner MediPharm enhances medical blister pack with smart data tracking
Schreiner MediPharm has partnered with Keystone Folding Box Co. to develop a child-resistant, senior-friendly blister packaging solution featuring integrated electronics to capture dosing history data.
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ArticleColour-changing Christmas can designed for Corona by Talia Coles
Celebrity fashion designer Talia Coles has spearheaded a redesign of the Corona Extra beer can with Feliz Navi-Drip, featuring limited-edition packaging and the chance to win matching robes.
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ArticleNew packaging for own-brand Asda pet food reflects bond between consumers and their pets
Asda has collaborated with STORMBRANDS to update its own-label pet food packaging with a ‘bold, playful look and feel’ designed to tap into consumers’ affection for their pets and increase their faith in own-brand options.
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ArticleOnline tool from PreZero evaluates and optimizes sustainable packaging designs
PreZero’s new online tool, PreZero SPOT, has been designed to help packaging manufacturers and distributors save resources, cut down on packaging waste, and optimize their sustainable packaging designs by evaluating their own product portfolios.
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ArticleMondi sets sights on corrugated board over expanded polystyrene for white goods packaging
Mondi is working with its partners to phase out expanded polystyrene in white goods packaging and implement its corrugated Snug&Strong solution – an alternative expected to enhance recyclability and meet legislative requirements while lowering damage and return costs.
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ArticleAlbert Heijn adopts Avantium PEF for own-brand juice bottles
Avantium is supplying its plant-based PEF material to Refresco for use in Albert Heijn’s fruit juice bottles, with the retailer claiming to be the first supermarket chain in the world to adopt the material for own-brand products.
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ArticleLevi’s and Avery Dennison’s NFC patch unlocks exclusive experience for football supporters
Avery Dennison has partnered with Levi Strauss & Co to produce an NFC-chip-enabled patch that unlocks a premium experience for San Francisco 49ers season ticket holders at the tap of a smartphone.
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ArticleUnilever, PepsiCo, and more shape Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s call for scaled-up ‘reuse revolution’
Danone, Nestlé, PepsiCo, The Coca-Cola Company, and Unilever have contributed to a new Ellen MacArthur Foundation study suggesting that, if scaled up effectively, returnable packaging can be as economically attractive as single-use alternatives.
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ArticleRecycleye, Valorplast, and TotalEnergies use AI and computer vision to sort food-grade PP during mechanical recycling
Project OMNI – a research project directed by Recycleye, Valorplast, and TotalEnergies that utilizes AI and machine learning to identify and separate food-grade polypropylene from household post-consumer waste – has led to ‘ground-breaking results’, the companies report.
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ArticleDRS should stay mandatory in PPWR plenary vote, says joint letter
Natural Mineral Waters Europe, Minderoo Foundation, Reloop, UNESDA Soft Drinks Europe, and Zero Waste Europe have signed a joint letter warning that ambition surrounding the collection and recycling of beverage packaging could decline if the European Parliament adopts amendments overturning compulsory deposit refund systems in the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation.
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ArticleNestlé investment opens new recycling plant for flexible plastic packaging
Nestlé has invested £7 million into the opening of Impact Recycling’s new recycling plant, which is set to convert hard-to-recycle flexible plastics into pellets to produce new flexible packaging.
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ArticleNeste and Mitsui Chemicals receive Japanese Eco mark for bio-based seaweed snack packaging
Neste, Mitsui Chemicals, and its subsidiary Prime Polymer are packaging dried seaweed slices with bio-based raw materials for the Japanese Consumers Co-operative Union brand CO-OP.
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ArticleNew study urges implementation of reuse systems for Indian street vendors at INC-3
A new study by Zero Waste Europe, Searious Business, and National Hawker Federation suggests that transitioning around 80,000 street vendors in Kolkata, India into reusable systems would bring social and economic benefits and cut down on plastic waste by over 86% – a reduction that would not be limited to single-use plastics.
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Article2M Group partnership a ‘significant milestone’ in scale-up of Xampla’s natural packaging material
Xampla has announced a partnership with 2M Group of Companies to scale up the production and distribution of its “fully biodegradable” plant-based materials.
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ArticleComplementary reuse and recycling and prevention from exceeding EU reuse targets prioritized in joint letter
As a plenary vote on the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation approaches, UNESDA has joined a range of European organizations in signing a letter calling for the complementarity of reusable and single-use recyclable packaging, alongside the prevention of exceeding the European Commission’s reuse targets.
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Article3,162 companies share plastics data via CDP’s environmental disclosure platform
As negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty continue this week, over 3,000 companies – including Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, and Sumitomo Chemical – have disclosed information regarding their production, use, and disposal of plastics via environmental disclosure platform CDP, while 48 financial institutions have signed an open letter calling for corporate disclosure to become mandatory.